Our granola recipe was inspired by Amy Carol of Angry Chicken fame. This is our modified recipe based on her granola recipe.

3 cups rolled oats
1 cup seeds, nuts, or other add-ins. (I use 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, 3 tbsp flax seeds)
1/3 cup maple syrup or honey or agave nectar or a [...]

Recently I was thinking, as I often do. And like it has occasionally over the past year or so, my mind wandered upon the idea that I am woefully unprepared, should some calamitous disaster - be it natural or induced by man - radically impact the world I live in. An earthquake, perhaps. Or a [...]

This business of setting goals, and focusing on the big rocks is not something to be taken lightly. It takes focus. Currently, there are two categories of goals that are occupying synapses on my cerebral cortex:

Household Necessities
Higher Callings

Which ones do you think are in the ‘Big Rock’ group? Yes, the Higher Callings. But thus far [...]

I am a hypocrite. If you could see my page view history you would see a smattering of social causes and a whole lotta shopping. These two aspects contradict one another. I have enough of an altruistic streak that I seek to help causes for social justice yet I also have an [...]

Last year I taught myself to knit and it has become a minor obessession.  Last year I knitted Wade and Lucas matching scarfs in crazy colors.  Needless to say they have only been worn once or twice.  This year I am working on a very loooooooooong scarf for myself, a scarf for Dad that’s been [...]

This morning my first thought was ‘Where’s Lucas?’. Of course he was still with his grandmother, so my next thought was ‘O, right, I get to sleep in!’, which we did for a while. Then the question loomed ‘What shall we do today?’ and since there is so much work left on the whole [...]