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foods.

ever have an itch to try out awesome new recipes? me too. but then I remember I don't have a kitchen. shoot. good thing other people do and like to share--- and then cooking can be something to be looked forward to!

day one.

beet burgers w/ sweet potato fries

day two. sweet and savory crepes. We used sauteed vegetables, avocado, and feta for the savory and fried banana (genius!) with nutella, but you can use ANYTHING. truth.

future ideas.

these gluten free hostess cupcakes

and 

this naan

and maybe...

a breakfast potato frittata, summer fish tacos, and baked french toast?

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it.

Since beauty can be considered a virtue than I think it much more than just the outward appearance. I think most of beauty as something that actually makes you feel alive and gives a person the feeling of being still and true and free. But MY GOD (thank you!), is there a lot of beauty in this world when you look for it.

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'Never commit your virtue or happiness to the future.  Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment as to the Lord.'

C.S. Lewis

That is a good reminder for me because right now I allow myself to be much more like these girls in the present moment

Sometimes it is hard to be motivated to do anything at all when you have nothing at all to do, but I think this is a time to remember all the good things that have happened and the blessings that already have been there all along! And it's always possible to find joy and happiness! Even if you pretend to hate life and be the grumpiest person ever, it is actually a choice! So come on self! And who am I kidding? No one seems to be feeling on top of the world at this moment. Everything is relative. 

And this too shall pass!

photo bloggin'

Not much to blog about.  But I swear... these car shots are like everyday. And I'm not even into cars.

new findings

There are some things I have started to really like about my new city of Boulder, Colorado.

I am quite fond of the farmer's market for one.  It's crazy to me that the local farmer's market has brands like Udi's, Noosa, and Papoosa.

 (the image found when googling Noosa. This must be the cow that EVERY yogurt container comes from ).

I recently found out one of the best concert locations IN THE NATION is only forty minutes from home. Red rocks amphitheater anyone?

Ingrid, GOTYE, Nora, Pretty lights, Jason Mraz, and Devotchka? That is only for the next month!

Check out the schedule here:

MUSIXX

I am also very fond of the grocery store selection.  I love Whole Foods, but let's get real, with one bag at sixty dollars this store must be saved for special occasions and sales. What about SPROUTS, ALFALFAS, and SUNFLOWER MARKET? Can anyone say bulk bins? I can. They are my favorite.

More to come! I'm running late!

I would love...

I would love to see:

Where Do We Go Now?

A Cannes festival selection*

The Intouchables

I have a weird obsession with foreign dramas. Depressing thoughtful movies are pretty alright also.

I would love to try:

Baking with Peanut Flour

And making popcorn with nutritional yeast- buttery flavor I hear?

Unfortunately both these things are only at whole foods so I'd better save up.

I would love to make:

hanging flower mason jars

For my new home!

yoga mat bag

for my new practice!

I would love to listen to:

Fleetwood mac tribute album :)

How about you? 

Namaste

“Namaste; I accept you humanness and mine. And I also bow to the divinity in each of us. I accept our absolute spiritual equality as beings. And I also accept that we each forget who we are.

I celebrate the fact that we are waking up together, and I appreciate the fact that, as each of us pushes up against our fear, we nod off to sleep.I acknowledge both the absolute and the relative, for both are present here. The gentle voice of God and the passionate cries of the wounded child commingle here, in this mind, in this world. Joy and sadness commingle. Strength and tears, beauty and betrayal, silence and cacophony interpenetrate.It is a simple world, breathing in and breathing out, approaching the divine and moving away. And it is also complex in its near infinite variety of forms.Each self is the unqualified presence, yet each must approach God in its own unique way. Within oneness, paradox abounds.Here we dwell together, my brother and sister. Here in the silence, each of us with our unique heartbeat, our own dance, our own call for love and truth.Yet despite the division into bodies, despite the fragmentation of the mind, only one heart opens here. And that heart includes yours and mine and that of all beings who have ever lived in time and space. That heart belongs to God. His patient heart. Her infinite blessing on us all. My wish for you is a simple one. May you find that Heart in your heart. May you find your voice in that silence. May you awaken to the truth of who you are.