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Bringing the Outside In
Posted by Tammy on March 20, 2016
https://agrigirl.com/2016/03/20/bringing-nature-indoors/
Made in the Shade
I was late dashing out for my morning walk today. That’s a bit of a problem given our summer temps and it also dictates my walking path. I choose shade.
Posted by Tammy on July 12, 2015
https://agrigirl.com/2015/07/12/made-in-the-shade/
Nature Nurture
The Japanese use the phrase, Shinrin-yoku. Translated literally, it means “forest bathing” which is the idea that spending time in nature is a healthy practice.
Yosemite in November
Posted by Tammy on January 26, 2015
https://agrigirl.com/2015/01/26/spending-time-in-nature/
Tammy’s Top Ten (t3 report) Food Quotes
Food and words and words and food. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that it’s a combination I prefer. Maslow coined food as one of the most basic human needs. Yet when do words come into his famous pyramid? Do they enter in the layer just above bodily function called safety which includes things like family, employment and morality or are they contained in the middle ground of love and belonging where we see friendship and intimacy?
tsakshaug flickr creative commons
Posted by Tammy on November 9, 2013
https://agrigirl.com/2013/11/09/tammys-top-ten-t3-report-food-quotes/
Tammy’s Top Ten (t3 report) Holiday Decorating Ideas
The irony is that I’m not doing it this year. We’re busy. We’re traveling. And I don’t want to arrive home after Christmas only to have to pack away decorations that I didn’t get to appreciate. But I keep thinking about it!
flickr.com/photos/marissamullen
Perhaps it’s my recent post on tradition or perhaps it’s the way my brain is wired but in the absence of decorating, here are 10 ways to create a holiday setting with just a bit of effort and little cost:
Posted by Tammy on December 6, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/12/06/tammys-top-ten-t3-report-holiday-decorating-ideas/
Light at Longwood
“My aim is to express, through the medium of ‘light’, simple fleeting moments of clarity, experiences of connection with the world.”
Installation Art of Bruce Munro
Posted by Tammy on September 12, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/12/light-at-longwood/
The Ocean Knows
I want to tell you the ocean knows this, that life in its jewel boxes is endless as the sand,
impossible to count, pure, and among the blood-colored grapes time has made the petal hard and shiny,
made the jellyfish full of light and untied its knot,
letting its musical threads fall from a horn of plenty made of infinite mother-of-pearl.
— Pablo Neruda from Enigmas
Posted by Tammy on July 25, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/07/25/photos-from-monterey-bay-aquarium/
Pay Back
I swear. The hardest thing I’ve ever done is try to be a good parent. There’s no book and I probably wouldn’t have read it if there was. I began with great ideals and have flexed into a more adaptive role realizing that kids and situations vary and that some of my ideals would have likely put them on a therapist’s couch for years to come. I pray a lot.
Sixteen Year-old Decision
Posted by Tammy on July 17, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/07/17/raising-boy/
Independents Week
Sure. You’re thinking I can’t spell and perhaps that does happen on occasion but not today. This 4th of July week is not only symbolic of our nation’s freedom but it’s a time for all Americans to celebrate the importance of our economic democracy by honoring the locally owned independent businesses.
My Mantra
Posted by Tammy on July 1, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/07/01/independents-week/
Tammy’s Top Ten (t3 report) Tips for Less Food Waste
It’s not a problem in my home with three growing boys but when it does happen, it’s typically around food items like a tub of sour cream – purchased as an ingredient for one recipe yet afterwards, left to develop green scum in the back of my fridge. But, here’s the deal: This is a real problem and while I could already surmise that the U.S. would top the wasteful list, it’s a global issue.
Posted by Tammy on April 14, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/04/14/tammys-top-ten-t3-report-tips-for-less-food-waste/
Tammy
A wife, a mom, an executive, a certified leadership coach and a breast cancer survivor. I love learning and I love to write and I'm often fascinated with the life lessons that come from my kitchen. Focusing on community-based Placemaking is the way that I work towards creating a healthier planet.
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