“I love bright red drinks, don’t you? They taste twice as good as any other color.” – Anne of Green Gables In one iconic scene from Anne of Green Gables, Anne hosts her bosom friend, Diane, for tea, and accidentally serves them both currant wine instead of the raspberry cordial Marilla left for them. This […]
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Paper Quilled Heart
Quilling is the art of paper filigree: rolling, folding, and glueing strips of paper into beautiful designs. There are many different fancy tools that can be used in quilling. But for this project you just need: Colored paper (I used origami paper) Card stock for the base/card and to create the exterior heart shape Scissors Toothpick […]
Read More...Cookery: Mushroom Soup
This week, cook up a delicious soup, stew, or chili. If you have a pressure cooker, like an Instapot, you can leave it to cook while you are working and return to a delicious smelling house and a ready-to-eat meal. I made a big pot of creamy mushroom soup. Ingredients: 2 lbs mixed mushrooms (like […]
Read More...Spiral Snow Spell
This winter ritual can work in the snow, but if you’re in a sunny climate like Southern California, you can practice it just as easily. Gather some stones– at least twelve, to arrange in a spiral– a candle, and matches or a lighter. With the stones gathered, hold your hand, palm down, over the stones, […]
Read More...Amae – a word for love
I am familiar with some of the ancient greek words for love, like eros, from which we got the lovely word erotic; agape, which means spiritual selfless love; and philia, deep non-romantic love, like the root of my hometown Philadelphia: the city of brotherly love. A couple weeks ago I learned of amae, a Japanese concept of love. Upon learning […]
Read More...Imbolc
Imbolc, pronounced EM-bolgk, is an ancient Irish festival marking the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Imbolc was celebrated in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man on February 1st and 2nd, or when the ewes were lambing. It is one of the four Gaelic festivals: Samhain in autumn, Imbolc in winter, […]
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