New Year’s Winter Pics
Pics of fun in the snow over the last few days . . .
Author: Rachael
Thanks on the Eve of Christmas
For my husband, who has a generous heart and an outstanding mind along with an intuition about people and events that can make your skin tingle. For my son, who is full of joy and love. For this house, which keeps us so snug. For …
Chocolate Pie
I cut out this recipe years ago and recently brought this pie to Thanksgiving. This recipe is nice in that it is simple, gluten-free, and can be adapted to be vegan as well (just substitute coconut oil for butter and coconut milk for heavy cream). This pie is rich — almost like fudge, and benefits from the use of high-quality semi-sweet chocolate (e.g. Caillebaut). Enjoy!
The Five Remembrances via Allen Ginsberg
We’ve been reading Fear by Thich Nhat Nanh in sangha and this week I have to present on the chapter on the Five Remembrances, which are as follows:
1) I am subject to aging; I have not gone beyond aging;
2) I am subject to illness; I have not gone beyond illness;
3) I am subject to death; I have not gone beyond death;
4) All that is dear to me, and everyone I love, are of the nature to change. I will grow different, separate from all that is dear and appealing to me.
5) I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir.
Key Lime Pie
This is a super-easy, no-bake, eggless key lime pie that I made for my son’s 9th and 10th birthdays. I don’t like to cook with eggs and turns out eggs are not at all essential to this recipe, which I’ve adapted from this recipe by Jennifer McHenry of answers.com.
