Creative Cooking in the Wintertime

It is so much fun to cook and bake in the winter when it’s cold and the days are shorter! In northern California where I live, our temperature ranges from 35° to 105° (more or less). The seasons change abruptly and sometimes, it’s physically challenging trying to keep up with the climate changes. In late…

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Contest Sponsoring ~ The “why’s” and “how’s”

If you belong to the right groups, you see requests for contest sponsors on a regular basis. So why should you just give away your products? What is in it for you? Exposure for your business at a low cost is one benefit. Whoever you are donating to, should give you credit for your donation,…

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Contentment

What does contentment really mean? Does it mean being happy with whatever comes our way? Or does it mean forcing ourselves to be happy even if that isn’t how we feel? How does one become content? I think the best definition I’ve heard is that contentment is not necessarily being happy about each and every…

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