It’s true. I didn’t have a muffin tin for years. I just never made muffins.

I finally bought one and it’s the Muffin Bowl around here. First were Blueberry Muffins - a classic. They were quite good.

Then came the Soysage and Cheese Muffins. These little things are fairly tasty, but totally ugly. I think I can improve them next time.

And this morning - Sour Cream Mini Coffee Cakes, inspired by Anjali.

These are gooood.

“After 22 years in private practice, Dr. Lorna Stuart found herself frustrated with the number of insurance companies and the rules and restrictions that came with them. “The day-to-day time that I spent on paperwork was increasing, while my patients weren’t getting the good care that I wanted to give them — face-to-face time, one-on-one time,” she recalls. “I vowed to do whatever little I could about this inequity of care.”

For Stuart, that vow came in the form of opening her own clinic and treating the uninsured. Her efforts resulted in “The Clinic: Medical Center for the Uninsured,” a charitable, sun-filled clinic that has since received more than 40,000 patient visits. Individuals receive free or low-cost primary medical care across eight specialties, regardless of income or locality.”

Read more here.

It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives.
Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.
–Black Elk

Living in a forest
I am wrapt round by goddesses.
Lifting their arms and their hair
they spin soft green whispers,
speaking to each other
and to me in the morning.
–Carol Atkins

Every bird song, wind song, and
tremendous storm song of the rocks
in the heart of the mountains in our song,
our very own, and sings our love.
–John Muir

Will we let the wind sing to us?
Do our whole bodies listen?
When the wind calls, will we go?
–Susan Griffin

There is a blessedness surely to be believed,
and that is that everything abides in
eternal ecstasy, now and forever.
–Jack Kerouac

Let there be peace in the sky
and in the atmosphere,
peace in the plant world and in the forests;
Let the cosmic powers be peaceful;
Let there be fulfilling peace everywhere.
–Atharvaveda

All these quotes come from Earth Prayers: From Around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth by Elizabeth Roberts

Hey! I was anointed by JM as a Great Blog Friend! Thank you! She’s a woman of many interests and abilities and one of her current projects is the Finally Getting Fit blog. Check it out for ideas and encouragement!

I decided to make my own little blog award for this one.

Well…JM stole some of the people I would have nominated, so I’ll pick 5 others who are also awesome!

Christine: YogaEveryday
Paul: Toy Bender
Shula: Poppalina
Felicia: Fluffy Flowers
Dave: Pop Buzz UK (and a million others!)

But I’ll still give a shout out to Jummy, Elisa, Jacqui, and all the other sweet people who make the internet a better place!

I haven’t done any knitting for more than a few months. But isn’t this lovely?

Your ball of yarn goes in there and the bowl holds it neatly while you knit or crochet. You can get them here. And here’s one with yarn in it looking quite a lot like a sweet bowl of sorbet.

Dedicated to Cupcakes & Yoga.

I recently read that overall, Americans spend 90% of their time indoors. This scares me. And as much as I love trees, plants, the ocean, jumping around like a nut, etc…I think this is true of my life, too!

So, I’m thinking up ways to get out more - especially now that spring is on the way!

One of my more elaborate ideas related to this topic is:

A Field Day for Adults

I’ll come up with a more fun name later.

But my idea is a totally free day where adults are invited to a local park. They’ll bring balls, frisbees, etc. There’s a local juggling group that I’m sure will come. There are tables where people can play checkers, chess, or anything else that doesn’t easily blow away. Acoustic instruments will be welcome. We’ll have a few organized events (water balloon catching games…and others I’ll think up later), but mostly it’ll be very open.

I’m getting excited about organizing this idea and seeing how it goes!

I’d love to hear any ideas on this from you creative folks!

Red Machine. It sounds like it means something. But really it’s just the juice I am drinking. It’s stuffed full of all sorts of red fruits.

Hi.

I haven’t been around for a while…but that hasn’t stopped people from visiting my blog. Thank you!

I’d love to start posting here regularly again. It’s kind of like I’ve forgotten what I used to post about! I think it’s just a product of brain overload. I’ve been burning a lot of brain power lately.

Soon, I hope to post here about:

• papier mache robots and monsters
• drums and other rhythm instruments
• spring
• and other good things…

Oshi: The Game of Influence

I played this for the first time yesterday and then played it again…and again…and again…

It’s fun! And addictive. 

It’s a great two-person game. It’s sort of in the chess-family, but the rules are simpler. That doesn’t stop it from being an interested and complex game, though.

Give it a try!