A few months back my man Dan and I purchased a home. We’ve been renting for the last couple of years until we were certain North Carolina would be our home for the long haul. When we decided we would stay we began the “house hunt”. I admit we’ve also spent waaaaay too many hours watching “HGTV” and […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BrightMind #CollectiveBias Ziggy, our Border Collie is a senior dog. It’s hard to believe how quickly the time has flown by. When we brought him home it was spring of 2005. I distinctly remember shortly after, we were […]
Many of you don’t know much about my past. I haven’t shared it with you. There is no particular reason for this except that it doesn’t fit the mold of “food-travel-beekeeping blog”. The time has come…for me to tell you a bit about my past and how I spent a big part of last week. For over […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BrightMind #CollectiveBias Some of you might recall a few months back I wrote a story about switching our dogs to a new kind of Purina dog food. At that time I purchased one dedicated to “weight management” as […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #KYTrySomethingNew #CollectiveBias Before my husband and I moved to North Carolina, I had not officially seen “fall” in all it’s glory. Autumn in Texas is a quick browning of the leaves with minimal colors to enjoy and […]
This summer my man Dan and I traveled to Northern California, Napa and Sonoma, specifically, for our vacation. I am on the verge of writing a series of posts with regard to our trip. I want to share the stories from the vineyards we visited as well as relate the delicious wines we enjoyed. We primarily stayed away […]
Today at yoga practice the teacher encouraged us to focus on peace. Sounds rather cliche for a yoga class – wouldn’t you say? In spite of that, the concept was not only to focus on peace within ourselves but how a small, kind gesture to another can help to spread peace one step at a […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #JuicyGrilledCornish #CollectiveBias Grilling is my all time favorite way to prepare a meal. I suppose it’s because~ 1. It takes place outside 2.The food consistently has a wonderful flavor 3. No mess in the kitchen 4. It’s FUN! […]
Salt – are you a user? I’m curious to know how many of you use salt on a regular basis? There was a time when I wouldn’t use salt at all; as what came out of the round blue box, with the little girl and her umbrella on front just didn’t seem to do anything […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PalmoliveMultiSurface #CollectiveBias See that mess in the photo above? That is anything but a clean kitchen. One of the challenges of being a food blogger is keeping the kitchen clean. When I am cooking for my family I […]
