Shopping at both small businesses and local businesses has become one of my favorite things to do. Not only do they usually offer unique, good quality items, I can walk away (from the building or the internet), feeling as good as possible about my purchases! Why? Because I know exactly where my money is going! So, in the spirit of…
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Cranberry Sauce is one of those things I never thought twice about until just a few years ago. I mean really, what’s there to think about? It comes in a can, you buy it around the holidays (and really, only around the holidays), it comes in jellied form or in whole cranberry form, and people seem to either love it…
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If you’ve seen our Kitchen and our Dining Room, you know by now that all of the rooms in our hacienda are quite large, right. Well, let me just tell you that, at ~475 square feet, our Living Room alone is larger than the little studio apartment my oldest daughter and I lived in for five years when she was…
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Ever have grand plans that fall through when real life gets in the way? Yeah, it’s a thing! After all of the harvesting was done from our young apple trees on the urban farm, I was sure I’d get busy with baking everything-apple-under-the-sun! I started off with a bang with some Apple Coffee Cake and a couple of batches of…
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With Thanksgiving right around the corner and big grocery shopping days coming up, now is the perfect time to keep our local food sources in mind! Yes, the glory of summer is over, the hustle and bustle at the Farmers Market has calmed to a quiet shuffle, but there are still so many treats to be found and so many…
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{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. Inspired by SouleMama. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. xoxo, M
