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PSP is an abbreviation I dreamed up during yoga practice in the last few days. It stands for “Positive+Simple=Peace” If you follow me on FB you know that recently I threw my iPhone into the washer with a load of whites! Brilliant – yes? Yeah…not so much! An honest and easily made, yet costly mistake. When I first […]

Disclosure: Ninja provided a Nutri Ninja Auto-iQ in exchange for my post and the subsequent giveaway. As always, all opinions are mine alone. Smoothies are one of the quickest, easiest and most delicious ways to enjoy a good breakfast, a mid-afternoon snack or even a healthy lunch or dinner. I love a smoothie full of nutritious […]

I have finally settled into my new home and more importantly my new office. I have missed blogging something fierce and hope to jump in with both feet this week and knock out some stuff I’ve been storing in my head! I posed a question on my FB page asking what you might want to see […]

Tomorrow I leave for Atlanta and the biggest produce conference I will have ever attended, honestly it’s the only produce gathering I’ve attended. PMA or Produce Marketing Association is the host of this event. PMA’s Fresh Summit hosts companies from every segment of the produce industry, from produce growers to packagers to fresh flower vendors […]

Keever Vineyards wine tasting came after a disappointing visit to Frog’s Leap Vineyards. I was dismayed, as were we all at their lack of preparedness and attention that I won’t be writing about that tasting. If you would like to read a brief account of Frog’s Leap click here to read what Wine Wrangling Woman had to say […]

Holy smoke – I am completely unnerved by this news but my man Dan informed me last night that I will be without internet service for several days after we move this weekend. That means once I unplug Saturday morning I won’t be able to do much, if any blog work. The good news is […]

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 […]

“Tour de California” continued on Saturday morning with our Texas friends and our daughter LuLu and son-in-law Money. Wine tasting is addictive and delightful and most enjoyable with friends and family! The morning started out clear and crisp. LuLu and Money made their way up to the top of Sonoma mountain to meet us at our abode. […]

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 […]

Have you ever had one of “those” experiences that you know you will never forget? An occurrence that isn’t planned or even thought of. For me it’s the “sweet spot” of life. Drinking wine with American screenwriter Robert Kamen at his vineyard on our “Tour de California”, was unequivocally the highlight of our tour! Totally unplanned, unforeseen […]

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 […]

The second wine tasting on our “Tour de California”, on this warm June day, brought us to Hanzell Vineyard. The wine cellar, 34 feet underground was a welcome respite from the rising temps in Sonoma. The cellar remains at a constant temperature of 57*F, the perfect temperature for barrel aging. We took a moment to stop and enjoy the […]

I’ve been in the mood to bake – a PIE! When I discovered that we had a new spice at the shop where I put in a few hours a month, it gave me just the idea I needed to grab a mood fix! It’s called Georgia Peach Spice and the ingredients are Vanilla Bean Sugar, cinnamon, […]

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! […]

In mid-July I traveled to New York City for the BlogHer15 conference. The conference schedule is non-stop but I found that I had a few free hours midweek to explore the city. Having lived in NYC for a couple of years, back in the day, I wasn’t interested in merely pounding the pavement and hitting all […]

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MeAndMyTea #CollectiveBias My man Dan is a picky tea drinker. Do you know any picky tea drinkers? I mean, I know there’s the whole sweet vs. unsweet tea thing with southerners leaning heavily on the “sweet” side, to […]