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Archive for June, 2012

Good Morning, World!

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I had a quiet morning of baking yesterday. The temperatures were cool, the sun was promising to shine all day and the coffee was hot. What to make? Something that used bananas…I have a few kicking around in the freezer. The recipe? Read on! 

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Dear Summer Vacation Diary,

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I am so thankful and grateful to have some time away from teaching. One day I was conducting my dedicated band students through “Pomp and Circumstance” and the next day I was flying far away to an island. 

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Make me Over!

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Summer is almost here! It is so close I can almost touch it…only 2 days left for me until that magical and beautiful extended break. I was in the mood for procrastinating experimenting with recipes last week – yes, just call me crazy and silly. I revamped my favorite chewy molasses chocolate chip cookie. 

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Balance

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“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony” Thomas Merton What happens when you start to lose your balance? Do you stumble? Or trip while playing it off  as though you meant to do that maneuver? Do you avoid the situation all together and just throw it away and start [...]

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