Feed your family. Feed your soul.
A few weeks ago I decided to participate in a Lenten Study at my church. A good friend of mine was facilitating the group, so I knew the evening would be well organized with rich discussion. Each week we have been challenged to examine a …read more
I’ll never forget that cold sunny afternoon in March 2010. As I reached my car after my run at the local rec center, I noticed a message on my cell phone from my husband Steve. My stomach sank. Only an hour earlier he had called me from Keystone, …read more
“It’s better to do your own Dharma imperfectly, than to perform another’s perfectly…” -The Bhagavad Gita
With back-to-back Holiday shows for the zen business last month, coupled with my husband’s new weekly commute to New York City, getting a little time to just breathe can be challenging.
I remember when my son, Doug, was just three years old and received the recommendation that he attend an early intervention program. We had just moved to Orlando from Atlanta. I was excited to explore such a warm climate after a childhood in the Midwest. This …read more
You can see by a picture of my 3 children taken 12 years ago that I didn’t have a lot of Zen in my life.
Today we reached an exciting milestone – our Zen Blends are now available to purchase online! We share our journey below. When people ask me “why did you start the zen of slow cooking?” The answer has two reasons: the first is that I want to …read more
When I was a child, August was one of my favorite months – those days of complete relaxation defined the meaning of summer. Camps were over, summer jobs ending, often there was a family road-trip vacation, and if not, simply day after day of complete …read more
When I first learned to slow cook 8 years ago I loved knowing that I could navigate the school year with a bit more success in the kitchen. But when the last day of school arrived my slow cooker was tucked away in the basement …read more
I finished Jeanne Nolan’s memoir “From the Ground up.” It’s a fascinating narrative as Jeanne describes her departure from the North Shore of Chicago at age 17 in search of a life more closely connected to the earth and to detach from the trappings of …read more
My Mother was strong, beautiful, fearless and at times challenging. For all of us who were blessed to have a mother who made her opinions known – you know what I mean. Without ever raising her voice I always knew when I “crossed the line” …read more
