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In My Sacred Space

New Paths – New Vision – New Journey

September 8, 2010 In My Sacred Space

I know this is kind of late, but the last week has been a blur. There are so many changes happening in my life right now that my head is spinning. In a good way. Last week was the start of a new journey for me.  Not only am I in the final phases of [...]

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Phase Four: Those Darn Blocks!

August 29, 2010 gardening

Finally, the last and final phase was here! This was the last trip to Home Depot and it would prove to be an expensive one. We were getting the patio stones, and lucky for me, they were on sale for $1.24 because we needed 86 of them. But, before we did any shopping, we did [...]

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Phase Three: Are We Done Yet?

August 28, 2010 gardening

The third, and not so final, phase was to dig up the yard closest to the house and fill it in in such a way that it would direct water away from the house. When we get heavy rains, the basement becomes damp and very aromatic, in a not so good kinda way. It takes [...]

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Phase Two: Shopping At Super Wal-Mart

August 27, 2010 gardening

The second phase of the plan involved repositioning the current plants, adding to area where the shrubs were removed, mulching and putting in the decorative stone around the tree. My neighbor suggested I visit the Super Wal-Mart Garden Center in Willow Grove. With that recommendation, the night before the great dig, we head out to [...]

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Phase One: Digging Up the Pine

August 26, 2010 gardening

With plan in hand, they arrived with electric saws, picks and some other things I’m not going to pretend to remember. The project was divided into three sections, one being completed each weekend. The very front of the yard, closest to the street, was up first. It was populated with three shrubs, insects and random [...]

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Creating a Curb Appeal Garden

August 16, 2010 In My Sacred Space

Do you ever feel like you’re being over run by stuff? Stuff at work, stuff at home, stuff outside? Well, that’s exactly where I was not to long ago. There is so much I need to do and there just never seems to be enough hours in the day. One day, coming in from work, [...]

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Raw Food Uncooking With Krista Santora

June 29, 2010 Cooking

Have you ever tried raw food “cooking”? Do you even know what it is? Neither did I until I took a workshop with Krista Santora, Certified Alissa Cohen Living on Live Food teacher. A few of us were invited to a fun hands-on workshop in Krista’s beautiful home (sorry, I forgot to take pictures) on [...]

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