Have you ever wondered why schools have 2 months of summer holidays? ... Or ever asked why sweet cakes are only offered at the end of the party or wedding? ... The moment you start questioning certain customs, the moment you start to change, develop, and consolidate your power of agency. The crossings at the traffic lights in the city… Continue reading Books aside! “why?” is your new best friend
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Halloween Deliciousness- Celebration as a Food for the Soul
The refuge for the soul is celebration, where the reserve for energy lulls of a cool fountain that gushes joy, excitement, and vitality. Halloween is one of those rare, mysteriously enchanting and nostalgic feasts, where the dark night becomes the key to unlock new enthusiasm within us, releasing profound emotions and passionate feelings for cool smoky strength. For my daughter… Continue reading Halloween Deliciousness- Celebration as a Food for the Soul
The meditation of indulgent and extraordinary pumpkin soup
There is a thrilling correlation between cooking autumnal pumpkin soup and long walks in a scenery of orange, red and yellow leaf paradise. Peculiarly, both of them start with simple elements and end up deliciously perfect. The only difficult part of the process is the beginning- like starting a business, it requires a certain amount of… Continue reading The meditation of indulgent and extraordinary pumpkin soup
Dreams… and Spaghetti
Dreams are like spaghetti- countless restaurants and markets make, serve, and sell it to you, but really, it is only completely perfect when you make it yourself the way you like it. I doubt I would be wrong in guessing that there are perhaps as many variations of spaghetti as there are human beings on this… Continue reading Dreams… and Spaghetti
The Power of Tea
Celebratory traditions- big and small- are life savers: they give our sometimes routine-like days a spark of life- a reason to be awaitned with keen eagerness. They awaken a deep sense of comfort and nostalgia within us; like sitting next to a fireplace when the world outside is bitter cold, they warm up our hearts and our… Continue reading The Power of Tea
Calling All Cheese Lovers!
Each pleasure in life has its own unique sensation. For some, we sense it immediately, whilst for others, we just enjoy the moment and add that particular memory to our range of life experiences for a reason that we are unable to truly grasp until a later time. When we eat, we sense pleasure through our senses- eyes,… Continue reading Calling All Cheese Lovers!
A Surprisingly Simple Recipe for Happiness
Countless books, texts and magazines claim to offer simple recipes for the "dish of happiness". Their authenticity, we are informed, comes from extensive research, past and present. But for me, the candy-coloured, vibrant pictures presenting these 'solutions' as successful were mere unfitting illustrations of a goal which was far more difficult in reality to achieve by… Continue reading A Surprisingly Simple Recipe for Happiness
Kernels to fulfilment
Perhaps the biggest step my daughter and I took to embarking on our path to our dreams was exploring the factors that made us feel the emptiness in our world, which had been the main resistance to our progress. An interesting thing we found was that although we were fortunate enough to be living in one of the most vibrant… Continue reading Kernels to fulfilment
The Box O’ Memories
Many of you have probably heard the saying "A photo says a thousand words", and so it does. A photo might take us back to our most treasured memories, or lift us away, to those we have yet to create. It is an invitation to a whole new world, one filled with our wildest fantasies, sweetest nostalgias and even… Continue reading The Box O’ Memories
A new beginning- dreams and, of course, Sundaes
I believe that creativity starts when we are bored. Why? It is how our story started. Despite both having many activities and events to busy us, until a few months ago, my daughter and I were, quite simply, bored. Bored with repetition, bored with the monotone routine our lives seemed to be. The days seemed… Continue reading A new beginning- dreams and, of course, Sundaes