Reset
Definition : to set again or anew : to change the reading of often to zero For the past few years, each New Year’s day, my family of five along with my sister gather together over dinner reflecting on both the previous year and the …read more
Author: Meg Barnhart
The Art of the Craft Cocktail
As a child of the ‘60s, I remember with fondness my parents’ evening ritual – cocktail hour. My Dad would come home and sit in the kitchen with his gin giblet and share the highlights of his day. My mother would sit with him for …read more
Hygge
Hygge (/ˈhjuːɡə/ HEW-gə or /ˈhuːɡə/ HOO-gə) is a Danish and Norwegian word for a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment.
The Ripple Effect
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples …read more
Slow Cooking 101 – the next chapter
In October of 2014, I wrote the post below to help explain my love of the slow cooker and help our readers get started on their slow cooking journey A lot has happened in four years and as my (3) children are onto their next …read more
Eating Plants is the Answer: What are the Questions?
Last December my brother announced he was becoming a vegan. He’s like that. He learns about something and then jumps in with both feet. He’s extremely disciplined, so (1) he’ll probably stick with it and (2) he’s a cardiovascular surgeon, so heart health is a …read more
4th of July “Firework Bouquet”
Finishing up a cross-country road trip (last week) with my daughter, Lucy, I included a drive through my mother’s hometown of Fayette, Missouri. Fayette is located near Columbia in an area of Missouri called “Little Dixie.”
My Darling Aunts
My mother and her friends married shortly after World War II ended. Having spent their youth engulfed in so much sadness with the Great Depression, war and loss – coupled with their grit and resilience – these women didn’t spend a lot of time analyzing …read more
Urban Autism Solutions Part II – Carli’s Campaign
Last December, I received a call from The Cove School asking if Jane and I would be interested in creating an internship for one of their graduating seniors. The answer was “absolutely!”
Urban Autism Solutions Part I
“People on the autism spectrum don’t think the same way you do. In my life, people who made a difference were those who didn’t see labels, who believed in building on what was there. These were people who didn’t try to drag me into their …read more
Breakfast with Ina
Last Christmas, my sister gave my eldest son a book by Adam Grant called Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. When we all buckled down for our New Year’s cross country trek to New Mexico, Phil carved out a seat in the back of the …read more
