Springtime: a season of renewal
My mother, Becky Jones, was famous for her words of wisdom, platitudes, and random offbeat thoughts, which were affectionately known as “Beckyisms.”
Author: Meg Barnhart
Zen Cooks
An unexpected email from a friend showed up in my inbox in late January, “Peapod is looking for Chicago’s next best food product! Fill out an application NOW!” As I was out of the country, I sent a text to Jane who dropped everything to …read more
Green City Market
Last November I had the good fortune to meet Melissa Flynn, Executive Director of Green City Market, and hear about “Chicago’s only truly “green” farmers market”.
Setting an Intention
Over the last few years January has become one of my favorite months. As a child, it meant leaving behind the joyfulness and complete abandon of the Christmas holidays. but as an adult it serves as a month of respite and signifies a time of renewal
Letting Go
As we enter into the season of joy and light, I am reminded that for many people it is also a season of loss and regret.
Africa
Last January my son, Doug, and I traveled to Tanzania as part of a mission team from our church.
Living with Diabetes: a Mother’s journey
As part of our commitment to helping families create healing and wholeness through food we chose to dedicate one month each year to focusing on a health related challenge. In the past we have shared stories from friends and family who have had severe food …read more
Slow Cooking on a Budget
When my husband, Steve, was in graduate school his professor assigned a project that required the acquisition and analysis of a unique set of data. Due to a few of Steve’s quirkier (though useful) traits, he happened to have kept a set of small notebooks …read more
Packing up Doug
Steve and I have often reflected on what gifts we can truly give our children. While there are the coveted gifts of a new bike, skateboard or a funky pair of jeans … both of us grew up in homes that place a much …read more
A Garden Filled with Memories
I never imagined, 29 years after my mother ran the Show of Summer (now part of the American Flower Show) at the Chicago Botanic Garden, that I would be on the Esplanade with Jane running our own show – the zen of slow cooking – at their …read more
Changed by a Child
Excerpt from Changed by a Child authored by Barbara Gill… “I lay looking out the window from my bed in the maternity ward of a Minneapolis hospital on a Monday morning in the last week of March. The sky was leaden and the ground was …read more
Our Other Mothers
My Mother was approaching her 40th birthday when I was born. The family lore is that my birth came with an aura of joy and happiness. And no one was more excited than my 11 year old sister, Ann. After 11 years of being chased …read more
