Cooking Class Announced

March 1, 2012

This is SO long overdue--I am very excited to announce my first Island Cooking Class!

In this class you will learn

Scene from a Gluten Free Test Kitchen

This was a from a newletter I sent out in October.  I got a lot of responses and so i decided to share it here again.

Last summer left me drained.  Emotionally.  Physically.

Acceptance and gratitude were my words for 2011.  After spending the first year of Wes’ life wishing things were different, it became apparent that something needed to change.

For 10 years I said I never wanted kids.  Then after a series of aha moments (thank you Oprah), I decided I did.  Nine months later I was pregnant and nine months after that, well, I had my boy.  Prior to Wes I had little experience with babies.  With no siblings, few younger cousins, never having babysat and no close friends with kids I had not been exposed to the life altering, world quaking experience that having one of your own brings.  So needless to say I had some adjusting to do.

Breaking out of old holding patterns, stereotypes and stale views of myself have been a current theme for me lately.  This story has to do with that...

When I was twenty I dated a guy who was really energetic, exciting, spiritual, a vegan, and a bit dogmatic.  When we met-- I ate chicken wings, wore a lot of make up, smoked Marlboro lights, and planned on returning to my hometown after the summer to work retail. 

I'll meditate in a graveyard if I feels like it.

For the past 4 minutes (exactly) I have been meditating on Brussel Sprouts.  This kind of intense meditation is new for me.  Like many, I’ve tried meditation in the past and found it to be challenging.  I had given up and put meditating on the shelf for the day when I was more of that person.