Eating My Way Through New Jersey and (Vegan) Philadelphia!!

“An Army Moves on its Stomach” (Napoleon)- I guess a Tourist Does the Same!! This is going to be quite a silly post, but just had to get these photos to you.  I spent the better part of my three week family visit eating!  Seems like it was the ONLY thing I did, but that [...]

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Home Sweet Home- Jetlagged But Happy!!

Just a quick post to let you know I’ve arrived home and doing my best to get past really bad jet lag this time. After eating my way through New Jersey and Philadelphia for 3 weeks,(photo post to follow shortly) it’s nice to get back home and to the simple comforts of home cooking. Beginning [...]

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The Joys of the Journey – Scenes From a Car Window

Living Joyfully and Mindfully Don’t be so focused on getting to the destination that you miss out on the wonders of the journey itself! Most people live their lives waiting for “when”.  When I grow up, when I finish school, when I get a good job, when I meet the right person, when I buy [...]

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The Freedom to do Nothing!!

The Freedom to do Nothing!! On the one hand, I have been wanting to write about the new adventures I am having here in America, since arriving just a week ago, to share photos, to tell you about all the wonderful food I’ve been eating, etc. On the other hand, and this is apparently the [...]

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R&R The Need to “Be Away”

I have not posted regularly  lately and ask for your understanding.  I’ve been on a carousel ride for the  past 10 months or so, and the ride is finally slowing down enough to allow me to jump off for awhile. I had arranged a trip to the States months ago, to visit my family, and [...]

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Mindfulness and Faith Despite Upheavals

Insights, Understandings, Blessings This was originally written 5 years ago, while in India.  This April, I am Not In India, but the past six months have seen great upheaval in my life once again, and the insights and understandings are once again a blessing, no less than they were 5 years ago.   Hope you will [...]

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Framed in Beauty

A Frame of Wild  Snap Dragons   I spent the weekend on a lovely two day Nature Hike in the Northern Galillee, just before the weather turns too hot to enjoy this type of activity. This is a shot taken from the Naftali Hills near Metula near the Northern Lebanese Border, looking down on the [...]

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The Secret of Happiness

Be Happy! Yes…that is the secret – simply Be Happy! It is not what you have or who you have that makes you happy.  It is YOU and your Choice to be Happy which determines if you are happy or not. Happiness is not something that “happens” to us.  Not a “thing” we wait to [...]

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Nothing Nutures Like Nature

There is nothing like being close to Nature to energize and rejuvenate body and spirit. The perfumed fragrances of Spring flowers in bloom (as well as their amazing array of color: Perfection in Uniqueness  ), the bursts of sudden color amidst the green, the music of birdsong,   the hum of bees, the warmth of the [...]

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Perfection in Uniqueness

Spring Flowers and Their Message – I saw all of these amazing flowers TODAY! We are spectacular BECAUSE of our differences.  They are what make us  Simply Unique and Perfect. These are all “flowers”, but each is individually amazing, spectacular, wondrous in its own beauty.   Each one is so Different than the other.  Their being [...]

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