Making homemade soups is worth the effort it takes to make them. Here is a recipe I made this week for split pea soup: split peas, fresh oregano and rosemary (grown in our herb garden), herbs de provence, fresh garlic, carrots, tomatoes, bok choy (from Three Sisters Farm https://www.threesistersfarm.com), celery, button mushrooms, olive oil, himalayan …Continue reading

Guns?  Is this the issue or is there a bigger issue that we are not seeing?  For several months I have been volunteering my time to deal with an issue in our neighborhood of cars speeding in our residential community which also has an elementary school.  For many years people in the neighborhood have been …Continue reading

Why I decided to stay in Miami during hurricane Irma.  Making the decision to stay or leave during hurricane Irma was a difficult decision.  My mother’s home which she has lived in for over 50 years needed to be prepared and she did not want to leave her home.  She has been through many hurricanes …Continue reading

Update: Tired from not sleeping, the heat, no electrical power, cold showers, house smelling from dampness, cleaning up after the storm which will take awhile, no wifi, no phone service, and assisting others with all of their issues from hurricane Irma. At 3:00am I woke up and it was so hot in the house, neighbors …Continue reading