In my humble opinion, of course.  Truthfully, I am a pie lover, and I have eaten and baked many a pie.  I think I found, at last, my holy grail of squash pies, and Zillah so nicely asked for the recipe a while back, so here it is.
The first thing to note is that this ...
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Today we have our first snowfall on the ground, and I have my first little cold of the season.  Back soon.

from Meditations on the Mat
Day 31
When abstention from stealing is firmly established, precious jewels come.
Yoga Sutras
The third yama is asteya, or nonstealing. Asteya serves as a wake-up call, prompting us to remember all the ways, big and small, that we steal – the borrowed books still on our shelves, the corners ...
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Joining Ginny of Small Things today for Yarn Along.

I’m almost done with my Shalom cardigan – only one more sleeve to go! (And how fitting that this is called Shalom, since peace definitely seems to be a theme in my life these days). I am really excited about this sweater. Honestly, I ...
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At the Garlic and Arts Fest two weeks ago, they had a mini-version of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s billboard.  When I saw it, it stopped me in my tracks and brought tears to my eyes.  Yes, I am pregnant and more emotional than usual, but honestly I’ve never been able to listen to that ...
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Sewing, it turns out, is a good way to spend the morning for a pregnant mama and her daughter.  Over the past few months, Ella has gone from mildly interested in spending sewing time with me to attempting to run our house like a sweatshop.  As in, “Mama, no, we can’t take a break for ...
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Well, lol, I meant to hit “save draft” on that post this morning, but apparently I hit publish. Thank you for all your kind thoughts, especially since that was pretty rough still (like my misspelling of Anuloma Viloma – yikes!). In any case, here are the photos I was going to include.

(frog face ...
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When your four year old child takes you on a tour back through the tantrums of 18 months, and 2 1/2, and 3 1/2 . . .
Try to breathe. Breathe deeply, and often. Before she wakes up, push your giant pregnant self up out of bed and go downstairs. Pratice anoloma viloma ...
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