1. A Heart Healthy Valentine on WOOD-TV8

    Give heart healthy Valentines this year using dried herbs from your garden, or plan ahead to create meaningful and economical gifts in the future. Today, on eightWest WOOD-TV8, co-hosts Terri DeBoer and Rachael Ruiz invited me to show their viewers how to package a custom dried herb mix in a container that can be used to...
  2. Locked & Loaded for 2012

    A fresh perspectivefrom my NEW potting shed office.  Fifteen months…let me repeat FIFTEEN MONTHS without an office or even a desk to call my own, and today FINALLY here I sit with furniture, files, a warm fireplace flickering and finishing touches. So it’s only 8’ishX10’ish and it used to be...
  3. What’s HOT & What’s NOT for 2012

    Goodbye Dining Out, Hello Dining IN! As our family moves into our fourth year of this “Non-Recession” Recession, we definitely have a New Normal around our house. Although I’m reminded daily by my three lovely children that our house is “NOT NORMAL, MOM!”, Here is What’s HOT & What’s NOT for 2012 at Casa...
  4. A Neighborhood Holiday Tea: The Celebration!

    Happy Holidays!Guests were welcomed at the door with a champagne flute of Veuve-Clicquot. You’ve read about The Invitation, The Preparation and The Decoration, now finally… The Celebration! Food, Guests and Fun!!! Tea Party Desserts(vegan, gluten-Free & homemade) (back left to front right)On our dining room table were;three different types of cookies, an assortment of raw...