Greek Pasta Salad with Chickpeas Serves 4 2 cups raw rotini pasta 1 large pinch plus 1 tsp. salt 1/3 cup olive oil 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar ¼ tsp. dry dill or ¾ tsp. fresh dill ¼ tsp. granulated garlic ¼ tsp. cracked black pepper 1 tsp. brown or Dijon mustard 1 medium [...]
Dear Ones, this poem speaks volumes for the challenge of Covid-19. By Kitty O’Meara And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met [...]
“Allow” by Danna Faulds There is no controlling life. Try corralling a lightning bolt, containing a tornado. Dam a stream and it will create a new channel. Resist, and the tide will sweep you off your feet. Allow, and grace will carry you to higher ground. The only safety lies in letting it all in [...]
Greetings dear friends of Harmony Hill. I will return to my larger blogs after things calm down from the storms of Covid-19. For now I will be posting some shorter more frequent “mini” blogs. This first one is about the picture that hung for years in the Harmony Hill Dining Room. The opportunity [...]
“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” –William Penn Weekly Dose of Well-Being - Fresh Green Juice Now, more than ever is a time when our bodies crave pure nutrition and cellular nourishment. Sustain energy straight from [...]
Mango Ginger Shrub 2 cups diced mango, smashed slightly with a fork 1 ½ cups cane sugar 1 tbsp. ginger (preferably organic), skin on and grated 1 ¾ cup apple cider vinegar, with “mother” preferred (distilled white vinegar can be used) 3-4 oz. soda water (can be club soda, tonic water, seltzer or flavored sparkling [...]
Pandemic by Lynn Ungar What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to make the world different than it is. Sing. Pray. Touch only those to whom you commit your [...]
Cheryl Sesnon Dear Blog friends….Summer is packed with much goodness. Especially wonderful for HH is that we have a new ED, Cheryl Sesnon who brings outstanding skills. I feel much hope for HH with her excellent leadership. Here is a link to her letter of introduction: https://conta.cc/31nTTcS I ‘ll be back with more [...]
Greetings on another wonderful summer day. This blog will focus on the many stellar world-renown speakers who have blessed Harmony Hill with presentations here: Joan Borysenko, Lynne Twist, Deanna Minich, Larry Dossey, and Mark Nepo As mentioned in blog #6 – one of my favorite authors is Joan Borysenko Ph.D., a Harvard-trained medical scientist, licensed [...]
The dahlias have arrived. Greetings to you for the 4th of July. After a wild fireworks display on the 3rd, there is always a tiny yet wonder-filled mini parade at Alderbrook Resort on the 4th complete with everyone and their dogs decorated with red, white and blue. This blog will focus more on [...]