How to make the best chicken tenders – gluten-free option, too!

November 17, 2025
Looking for something easy but tasty before the big holiday cooking spree? I've got ya! I got addicted to these a few months ago and I do enjoy them with a sweet and hot spicy sriracha sauce. And now, my husband's into them, too! They really are the best chicken tenders....so here are a few...

How can it be we’re all under the same moon?

December 7, 2021
Always remember we are under the same sky, looking at the same moon. ~Maxine Lee Late one night I stood in the center of my patio and stared up at the...

Generational pain and the legacy of immigration

December 2, 2021
I am the granddaughter of Sicilian immigrants, who left all they knew at the turn of the 20th century to forge a new life in a strange country. They did not speak...

How reality shows are really a form of social anthropology

November 30, 2021
Sitting here watching The Hills: New Beginnings I realize that I really AM kind of a social anthropologist. I'm looking at these impossibly beautiful people in an...

Holiday tips & ruminations to help brighten the holida

November 29, 2021
My Boomer blogger friends have some good holiday tips. And some ruminations. There's a little of everything but one thing for sure: you'll find something to enjoy in...

The art of living–and dying–well

November 23, 2021
My friend's mom died the other day. She told her family she was ready, that she was looking forward to what’s next. She ate pizza with them. My friend tucked...

Let nature teach us how to live

November 22, 2021
Stare at the pounding surf for any length of time and the enduring, relentless rhythm of nature becomes clear. It's hard to feel anything but insignificant standing...

How good the hand of an old friend feels. Two friends? Even...

November 17, 2021
If there's such thing as an overload of endorphins, that's what I had after a summer visit from friends of almost 50 years. I had friends before them and many friends...

Why are we still playing the Blame Game?

November 16, 2021
"And they looked around for someone to blame."                               ~  in a Lisa Ling story on violence against                    ...

Telling your truth to anyone–not just power–tak...

November 10, 2021
Fia Skye's* newsletter often inspires as it did the other month. She wrote: "what a dangerous and difficult decision it is to tell someone the truth." She discussed...

How I’m falling short of my aspirations, these days

November 9, 2021
Frustrations are invitations to clarity... revealing how I wish to move through the world, the standards I want to hold myself accountable to. ~Fia Skye's...

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