Hello, Sweet Dusty Friends

I recently read, “A Moveable Feast,” by Ernest Hemingway and it was such a pleasant and  entertaining read. I think authors like Hemingway can be immortalized to the point of intimidation, keeping readers at bay. I’m glad I’ve pushed past the...

SOF: Yoga

This week’s Speaking of Faith focuses on the practice of yoga and connecting spiritually during practice. I had heard this episode before and enjoyed listening to it again now that I am regularly taking yoga. Seane Corne described getting out of a life of drugs...

Model and Talent Scout

Driving through Scottsdale last night, I passed a talent agency office I’d never before noticed.  I thought about the queues of the young and beautiful who must visit this place — with dreams of Hollywood and fame fueling their collective fire. I have to...

ROCK OUT TO CRAFT

Finny, May I just say, welcome home birthday girl! So glad you were able to get away to Maui to celebrate your anniversary and the big blowing out of candles. Your photos make me want time in a hammock with a very tan man and a pina colada. What? Too honest? Mahalo! I...

Breakfast & Dessert Bread

Banana Squash Oat Bread Ingredients: 4-6 cups oats (eyeball it) 4-6 bananas, mashed 2 squash (zucchini, etc), grated 4 eggs 1/3 cup oil 1 1/2 cup water 1 spice cake mix 1 tablespoon cinnamon Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease three bread pans. Cook 42-45...

Speaking of Faith: International Aid

This week’s Speaking of Faith discussed one African’s view of foreign aid. Specifically, Binyavanga Wainaina is angry with the way Kenyans have been portrayed in international media and how Africans in general are thought of as poor, dying orphans. He...