Wishing you a beautiful holiday season and a fabulous entry into 2007!
Thank you for being such great readers!
Natalie

 “Several years ago I came up with the idea to collect and distribute all our families recipes – many people could cook really well - so young people had an opportunity to be able to cook the same things that their parents and grandparents cooked.

But what we quickly learned was a lot of people [...]

"As Above, So Below
As Within, So Without…"
- Emerald Tablet
Image I (c) Andy Goldsworthy; Image II (c) David Cavagnaro

Image: Echo (c) Steve Solinsky

"Life is no straight and easy corridor along
which we travel free and unhampered,

but a maze of passages,
through which we must seek our way,
lost and confused, now and again,

But always, if we have faith,
a door will open for us,

not perhaps one that we ourselves
would ever have thought of,
but one that will ultimately
prove [...]

"You don’t reach Serendip by plotting a course for it.
You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings serendipitously."
- John Barth, The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (New York, 1991) (via Richard Boyle’s version of "Three Princes of Serendip")

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With the help of some sailors and many other [...]

 
You are never too old for Dr. Seuss! So I thought I would share this one - my favourite …
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know [...]

‘I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us’ - Ansel Adams

Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point, taken Sept. 15, 1948 - Yosemite National Park
Image (c) Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

Ansel Adams, The Tetons and the Snake [...]

Reflecting on a source story*:The Well of Wyrd^…
Please note - this post grew much longer than I expected and some of the details are for my learning that I want to also share…feel free to simply enjoy the story / share your thoughts on its meaning.

"…And then I learned my first source Story: The Well of Wyrd. [...]