“Try to shout “Whoopee” or “Whee” as you walk down the street or drive your car. It sets off a cascade of feelings that speak to being fully alive. The eeeeees at the end of the words are like sonic caffeine. – Loretta LaRoche
Thought for Today
Thought for Today
Copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins
“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in the magic will never find it!” ~ Roald Dahl
My 10 Favorite Gluten Free Foods
1. Strawberries — what else is there to say? They are candy.
2. Spaghetti Squash with homemade sauce.
3. Homemade soup –any kind, but I love chili (meat or veggie).
4. Anything stir fried — (well maybe not anything, but you get the idea) served over brown rice, quinoa amaranth or millet.
5. Gluten Free Brownies — I have my own recipe, but Bob’s Red Mill mix is wonderful.
6. Quinoa salad — If you haven’t tried quinoa yet, you don’t know what you are missing.
7. Steak — Okay, so I’m a carnivore.
8. Broccoli — lightly steamed.
9. Sweet potatoes baked whole, cut into wedges as oven fries, mashed or even made into soup.
10. Lasagne made with DeBoles gluten free lasagna noodles, or skip the noodles and use zucchini.
What are some of your favorite gluten free foods?
To read my gluten free story and find more information on gluten free life check the Gluten Free page.
Love 6 Word Memoirs?
I just received word of the Six Word Festival on Twitter. It began yesterday and continues today (9/25/13) and tomorrow (9/26/13). There will be prompts given to encourage you to write and celebrities will be participating. Check out the Festival page for a schedule and more information. http://sixwordmemoirs.com/about/the-six-word-twitter-festival/
Thought for Today
“The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others wish to join us.”— Hubert Humphrey
Thought for Today
“You are a creation of God unequaled anywhere in the universe… Thank Him for yourself and then for all the rest of His glorious handiwork.” –Norman Vincent Peale, best-selling author and minister
Thought for Today
“All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it . . . bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.” –Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Few Thoughts for the First Day of Autumn
Copyright 2008 by R.O. Robbins
“Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; And only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.” –Elizabeth Barrett Browning
As I get older I find myself more and more in tune with the changing seasons. Perhaps when I was younger I thought I was too busy to listen to messages from our mother the earth, or maybe I thought doing so would make me seem weird. As you get older, being weird doesn’t matter as much.
Listen to the wisdom of the changing seasons. This is mother earth’s way of preparing us for what lies ahead.
We already know what we need to weather seasonal changes. We just have to listen.
Thought for Today
 “Joy is not in things; it is in us.” — Richard Wagner
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Rising to the Call, Driving and Emily Dickinson
“We’d never know how high we are till we are called to rise; and then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the sky.” — Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson is one of my favorite poets. There are more modern ways the sentiment of todays quote has been expressed, but I love language and older ways of putting words together.
We really don’t know how much we can do until the situation calls for it. I have learned this lesson repeatedly during the past year as Bob’s eye problems have required me to take over responsibilities I was sure I could not manage, but so far everyone has survived. We still have a way to go but I am rising to the call.
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