I am not sure how I won the title Salad Queen. Over the years my friends and family have taken a special liking to the way I spontaneously create salads. I wish I could say I have a set recipe but I can honestly tell you
Continue ReadingIn my soul there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church where I kneel. Prayers should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist. In my soul there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church that dissolves, that dissolves in God.
Continue ReadingI have a long list of people that I would like to invite to take a walk through nature with me, preferably on the serpentine path that circles Radnor Lake here in Nashville, or beside the twinkling aspen trees that border the Snake River in
Continue ReadingFollowing is an excerpt from The Prophet by Kahil Gibran: Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow." And the prophet answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
Continue ReadingA croissant, a baguette with cheese and olive oil, an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie; these are the staples of my diet. A boulangerie in Paris is Mecca for me! And yet these are treats that one of my very best friends can no longer enjoy
Continue ReadingMany words have become pedestrian and shamelessly over-used in our culture. I vividly remember my Sr. High English teacher, Mr. Pell, quite a character I might add, who would jump up on the desks in an elaborate, frenzied state every time one of his students
Continue ReadingWelcome to the launch of BreadandHoneyblog.net! First, I would like to thank all of you for joining me on this journey, rather a spiritual pilgrimage to discover more of the sacred in life. Each stepping stone or blog post is my humble attempt to move
Continue Reading"No matter what the circumstances, we can be grateful that God fulfills His promises, that our faith is sufficient to sustain us, and that our eternal life is assured." These are the prophetic and hope-filled words of Dr. Mary C. Neal, a well-known orthopedic spine surgeon
Continue ReadingIt is back-to-school time again which means lunch boxes and family dinners! If the word cancer has become a household name in your family, then you know the enormous responsibility of offering healthy food to those you love the most. Before I step up on my health soap box,
Continue ReadingYoga has become an important spiritual discipline in my life and I find that not only has it stretched my body over the years, but more profoundly it has stretched my spirit. Several years ago one of my yoga teachers said, “Whatever you resist in
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