Learning about, creating and maintaining healthy habits such as praying often, eating well and moving more can transform our health, finances, relationships and general outlook on life. Moving into Holy Week, I help but notice how my new program, Pray. Eat....
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Exercise vs. Body Movement
Exercise. We all know we should. We all know it’s been proven to help prevent a myriad of dis-ease. We all know how we feel when we do it regularly. We feel guilty and defeated when we don’t do it....
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Announcing Spring: Change is Coming
Spring Cantatas and Apple Tree Memories Over the last few days, I've noticed God is announcing Spring with resounding trumpets. The beautiful songs of the red-winged black birds, robins and mourning doves are gracing my mornings with their melodies. It's...
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Kohlrabi-Local Food Delight
Summer Yumminess Growing up, one of the 'must haves' in the family garden was kohlrabi. I remember picking the baseball-sized vegetable right from the garden, peeling it with my teeth and enjoying the crisp mild cabbage flavor. Our 1st Kohlrabi...
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Memorial Day-Remembering Our Veterans
There's a part of me that wishes I were somewhere else today. While my husband & I are getting a lot of repairs done around our acreage, I'm missing a service that means a lot to me-Portsmouth, Iowa's American Legion...
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Ag Adventures in Haiti-Part 2
Chop Chop and the rest of our group looking at the student irrigation gardens. The rest of our time in Haiti was also filled with creating connections around food. We helped pass out food at 2 nutrition centers, walked the...
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Ag Adventures in Haiti
We've had many successful Agricultural Adventures over the last few days here in Haiti. Thursday we did a variety of things agriculture and nutrition oriented. It is so rewarding to see how much the students, youth and adults appreciate us...
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Butternut Squash Chili
It is a foggy, still fall morning where I am at. A perfect day to snuggle in and make some soup. Here is a recipe for a butternut squash chili that I love to make. It uses vegetables that are...
