Creating Magic In Your Life

Manners & Crepes When It Matters

August 19, 2011

The world has lost its manners. I think nothing is as authentic and genuine as a handwritten thank-you note. My children were raised writing them before they were allowed to play with the gifts that they received. Now teenagers, I have to hunt them down and sit on them, but sit on them I do. [...]

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Tuscan Inspired Tomato Soup & Caprese Inspired Grilled Cheese

August 11, 2011

“I left my heart on a hill in Toscana….” ~GAYLE DEJULIO   My husband and I have another item listed on our soon to experience list: live like a local in Tuscany, Italy. Rent a villa, have guests and family come and go. Go to the local farmers market. Cook and eat outside under the stars [...]

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Dreaming of Lake Como & Sipping Limoncello

August 9, 2011

“I always carry a flask with me in case I’m bitten by a snake. Which I also carry with me.” WC Fields Lake Como is Italy’s most popular lake and also its deepest. Beautiful villas, resort villages, mountains, hills, and stunning, breathtaking views surround the lake. Lake Como has great restaurants, stores, and hiking paths [...]

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Animal Powers & The Human Mind

August 8, 2011

Why is it that when someone is staring at us from across a crowded room we can instantly feel it? It is such a natural occurrence that we don’t bother to question it and is also a perfect example of how our psychic and intuitive sense is extremely natural. Still, over thousands of years of [...]

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A little Magic, A little Passion

August 4, 2011

  There are times in life when things come together with such synchronicity that you feel part of a much bigger plan. When my husband shot Conversations With God and Somewhere In Time, he experienced weather that was written into the script to happen just at the right moment and other mystical occurrences. (You can [...]

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Delicious Transformation In Your Life

July 25, 2011

  And at your table. As I walked around beautiful Lake Oswego yesterday morning with a few dear friends, we found ourselves talking about transitions in life. No matter who you are, deep and meaningful transitions are something we all face in life. Constantly. “We tend to treat transitions as a lifestyle change. Change is [...]

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Magic Actually

July 21, 2011

  Magic really is….. all around.  “Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere.” ~Forest Gump  Why are the simple experiences in life the ones that make us feel like we can soar? A genuine hello and smile from a stranger… A smell that transports us… A feeling we get from a [...]

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Getting Fit Is Easy. Got Milk?

July 19, 2011

  Chocolate milk that is. My most favorite fitness trainer ever, Julie Richardson, says that downing chocolate milk after a tough workout can help replenish exhausted muscles and significantly aid exercise recovery. Apparently, the high carb and protein content in chocolate milk is the perfect combination to make it an incredibly effective recovery drink, even [...]

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Magic: Are you A Believer?

July 17, 2011

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” ~Anatole France   We must lay out our plans like a well set table, all the while fully expecting our dreams, as guests, to take take their seats one at a time. Recently, I have been going [...]

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Do You Believe In Magic?

November 11, 2010

 If You could dream a magical world into being, what would it look like?   I raised Brenna and Carter within their imaginations and by stretching their sight to see things not readily seen by the physical eye. When they were young we would take our favorite cookie, which at the time was Scotcharoos, and sit on [...]

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