Tag: Selfcare

Perfectly Imperfect

The name of my blog used to be “Perfectly Imperfect,” by which I was trying to say that it’s okay to be imperfect. More than that, I was trying to remind myself that it’s okay that I am not perfect, but it didn’t work! The name just made me feel like I had to be …

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Tabouli Recipe

This tabouli recipe has been enjoyed a couple of times at the community dinner at Wicker Park Grace, including tonight. So I said I would post the recipe. I think what makes it wonderful is mixing all the liquids into the boiling water and pouring it onto the bulgar (cracked wheat) all at once. This …

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Spicy Peanut Sauce

When I turned 40, my friends made me a fabulous cookbook with recipes contributed by everyone who came to the party! This peanut sauce was popular at last week’s potluck dinner after spiritual practice at Wicker Park Grace. It was given to me by Sarah in the birthday cookbook. Spicy Peanut Sauce 1/4 cup garlic …

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RevGalBlogPals

Sometimes the truth we speak is simply asking the real questions we have on our minds or naming the real confusions that are confronting us. Other times the truth we speak is naming what we believe to be the best course of action—something like I said about Huckleberry Finn: we should follow his example and where love conflicts with doctrine, we should choose love.

Honestly, that’s the best I can do.

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Self-portrait :: Story Cycle :: Worth Remembering

Well, I am down for the count with this cold/flu everyone has. So instead of watching TV from bed, I worked on an art project that the Wicker Park Grace Art Forum peeps have been encouraging me to do. I’ve shared at the Forum some work I’ve done with collage and digital manipulation of photos, …

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