Lemon Balm is just nuts in the garden and will be until we get a good freeze. The spring, though, is when it really sings to me. This years I am obsessed with making a Lemon Balm Shortbread Cookie. Mix all together. Shape into log. Chill in fridge for a bit. Cut into ¼ inch […]
Author: Donata
All about Garden to Table
As I live my best life here in the Pacific Northwest!
Parsley and Lentils
Spring has Sprung and so has the Parsley. Parsley is a fantastic early spring green, providing a fresh intoxicating flavor and a spectacular crunch. It is perfect for introducing our digestive systems to the fresh veggies we can’t wait to crunch into when our Farmers Market finally opens. Once I spy the dark leafy green […]
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Slow Roasted Potatoes with Chive Butter
I love biting into a piping hot spoon of potatoes; steam dancing over my face. The aromatic notes of herb, garlic, onion and the earthy potatoes caressing my oral factory receptors. Heat warming my lips before the hot creamy contents of the spoon hit the top of my mouth, then melt over my tongue, and… […]
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Winter…#butterflypost
The last few months, damn, am I right? The Astrologers say that 2020 is the year to start anew, to work with your blank canvas. This resonates for me on so many levels. They also say that this will not be easy, that the karma from your past will play little tricks on you, pushing […]
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52 Week Hiking Challenge
I have signed up for a 52 Week Hiking challenge! I have learned that I need #prompts for all things: reading, writing, parenting, learning, cooking, and definitely with fitness. I was looking for the perfect way to get my booty out of my house and hiking would be just the thing. I wasn’t quite sure […]
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At the dinner table (a #privilege)
(Normal Rockwell’s “Freedom From Want” . Wikipedia.) I have always revered the picture by Norman Rockwell titled “Freedom From Want”. (oh, I know there are a lot of negative connotations to the them as well, but roll with me in my idealic repartee, eh?) This idyllic experience of dining together, in times of plenty, epitomized […]
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A Creative Prompt
In reverence to the #writing prompt, I must share the favorite prompt that I have received thus far in my writing workshop history. My current professor of all things poetics (Check out the Poetry Vlog) posed this prompt to us one day: Create A Playlist For How You Feel When You’re Writing Wow, I thought, […]
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#I Do My #BestWriting When I’m #Procrastinating: #writingprompt
#Writing Prompt: We’ve all seen it, a whole #post of #hashtags, that somehow in our #soundbite laden #reality seem to make #totalsense. It’s #poetry, in essence. I made a #post #today, full of #hashtags #ofcourse, on #Instagram. I was #completelyamazed at the enormous #variety of #hashtags that #exist and how #often they are #used. And […]
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An Art Docent Project
While pursuing my degree I consistently dealt with the impostor syndrome that I developed at the young age of 12 (another story for another time). This was especially evident in my art and art history classes. I felt so unworthy of being in art museums and galleries and presenting my own art for critique. I […]
