by Toni | Aug 30, 2019 | Be Simple, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
Yes, I think we are talking tradition now. At the end of last summer, I decided to review the many delicious items that arrive quarterly in my New Hope Blogger Network Box for perfectly healthy lunchbox treats. It went so well, I have decided to repeat the idea with...
by Toni | Jul 29, 2019 | Be Simple, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
So, candy. Should it have a place in your diet? Well, if you read this blog consistently, you will know that I feel candy, despite its usually terrible rep, has a place, albeit a conservatively small place, in a healthy diet. What we eat, whether we are conscious of...
by Toni | Jul 28, 2019 | Be Simple, Come Home, Let's Eat
My friend Mary Lynn is always sharing these wonderful little stories about how food is so much more than just sustenance, just nutrition for the body. You may recall the post from a while back on her banana bread story. She also tells this touching tale about a...
by Toni | Jun 29, 2019 | Be Simple, Live Green
Okay, here is a not-so-happy idea: the older I get, the more unwelcome changes my body presents. Perhaps, you’ve had similar ideas as the years have passed. We can whine and pout, but I think it is more productive to face maturity head on—embrace the wisdom of age...
by Toni | May 31, 2019 | Be Simple, Live Green
I let a lot of things go in Summer: the garden is happier with native weeds; just ask it. The house is usually empty because we are outside, so if no one’s there to see the dust fall, is it really dirty? The kitchen is due for a rest, too, I think, though there is the...
by Toni | Apr 30, 2019 | Be Simple, Come Home, Live Green
Imagine a wheel. At the hub of this wheel is the energy of the Universe that is everything and anything needed to support the life shooting out each of its spokes. The spokes are held together at their closest point by this powerful center and are connected at their...
