Feed your family. Feed your soul.
As many of you know, as a young mother I was faced with some difficult years. Beyond a series of successive corporate moves for my husband, one of my children was diagnosed (at the age of 2) with a complicated speech and language disorder. At that time …read more
In early November, out of the blue I received a text from my dear friend, Susan asking me, “Do you want to go skiing next month?”
“I am constantly telling my own story to myself, and these days that’s about all the narrative flow I can handle.” ― Andrew Clements Last January, Steve and I decided to spend each Thursday night studying Buddhist philosophy with our friend, Carl Jerome. We spent the …read more
For the past 7 years (each January) I have carved out time to enjoy a period of “mindful” eating It’s not about “dieting or cleansing”, rather it offers me space for observation as I begin the new year. It involves a commitment to a mindful …read more
If you follow our blog, you’ll know I was born in the 1960’s into a family where nightly meals were a ritual with music, conversation and candlelight – we did not dine and dash. Memories of those evenings always bring me back to a place …read more
At the start of each year I sketch out an editorial calendar. This month I had intended to write a post about going back to school, but my heart kept wandering back to the beginning of our spice journey and my beloved business partner, Jane.
On hot summer afternoons my mother would give me a nickel to get a treat and I would bike across the tracks to our favorite neighborhood ice cream parlor – Homer’s. Even today, whenever I dip my spoon into peach ice cream my mind travels back …read more
As I reflected on this month’s post, my mind wandered back to the past. A few years ago, I wrote about one of my favorite books “The Carrot Seed.”
As a teen in the late 1970’s living on the North Shore of Chicago – my days were a lot of “fun” — much to the consternation of my parents, especially my mother. She was “hands off” when it came to my academic performance, but …read more
For all of you who have been sharing my parenting journey you may remember that 4 years ago I packed up Doug so he could attend his long awaited dream of attending college. My post from August 2015 is below. Steve and I have often …read more
Last week, I traveled “across the pond” to work with Jane in her new city, Bristol. Among our many activities: finalizing the designs for our newly re-branded spice blends; combing stores in the UK to find unique packaging ideas; pausing before lunch for an hour to …read more
With Valentine’s Day around the corner my mind keeps going to the word “love.” Most of us think of that word in relation to someone else: a spouse, child, parent and friend. Over the past two years I’ve reflected a lot on the importance of …read more
