Picturing Happiness: 3 Tips
Spring rain. Lazy morning. Contented companionship. Ingredients for happiness. There’s an app for that. (Loving up my Instagram)
How to Make a Revolution
How do you make a delicious revolution? Instructions here.
Holding Onto the Apron Strings
What is it about aprons? I have a huge stash of them behind my laundry-room door – and I bet you do, too. Somewhere. There’s a down-hominess to wearing an apron, especially if you pair it with gumboots – or better still pyjamas! There’s also a kind of built-in efficiency that comes with strapping one [...]
Bumble Bee-ing Happy
Bumbled into a local boutique, Lotus and Lemongrass, and fell in love with these honeys. Seeing the tag ‘The Perfect Apron” how could anyone resist? Not to mention matching napkins and flour-sack dishtowels, too. (Are you a sucker for flour-sack? Me, too - so much in common.) There is something about bees that always brings [...]
Spooning
The launch of Dishing in the Kitchen happens to coincide with my 54th birthday. It’s not really relevant unless you like any excuse to celebrate. Which I do. You, too? Also – a great excuse for gifts birthdays are. Launches too, says Yoda. Hubby picked up this amazing set of measuring spoons as a gift [...]
Mixing Up a Batch of Contentment
Here’s an easy-bake recipe for getting more out of your leisure time. Consider it a kind of contentment cake mix: Take one-and-a-half spare hours, mix together with a fitness goal – say an 8K walk, add a digital camera and one or two positive friends or acquaintances to taste. Put all ingredients outside in the [...]
A Feast for the Eyes
Photography feeds the creative spirit and one of my all-time fave platforms for fun with fotos is Jux. It’s kind of a photo-blog/word collage site on steroids. Your photos and words end up as big, glossy, yummy eye-candy. Delicious. Highly caloric. Uber-satisfying. I’m committed to creating more there. Here’s a slide show called “Comfort Food” [...]
On Saying No to Shortbread: 5 Tips for a Saner Holiday
One of my coaching clients recently posted a question in our online group about how to be good to yourself during the especially hectic holiday season. This post has stayed with me, and I have been pondering it while on vacation in beautiful Arizona. This year hubby and I chose to take a month off [...]
A Craft Fair Addict’s 4-Step Guide to Enlightenment
Today’s practical wisdom comes from scrabble tiles, buttons and woolly socks. Conscious crafts. A Four-Step Guide to Enlightenment (Glue-gun may be required) 1. Be creative. ‘Cuz you just don’t know how life is going to unfold – and as it does, you might have to rearrange your letters. 2. Dream. And don’t be buttoned-down about [...]
Finding the Centre
Happily moodling with my new Nikon this morning. Working with focusing on a small, close-in subject. Very appropriate I thought, for the blog – being all about having a macro-focus, or exquisite awareness of the little, tiny, everyday things that bring joy, contentment and peace. Here’s my experiment: Using P:Mode (a kind of flexible auto-mode). [...]
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