Come clean, what landscape do you love?

Have you ever gone somewhere, and upon departure, realized that you were leaving cleaner than when you came? Have you ever felt like you had your soul scoured out by sun and wind? That the elements were stripping you of your pre-disposed human-ness?

That you were honestly communing with the Divine? An encompasingly holy, sacred, cathedral of place? Have you ever discovered the raw, barren, lonely alive all around you? Have you ever seen a landscape, and upon return, realized that you were seeing it again for the first time?

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Previous to life on this blog (make no mistake, we are still living outside of this space as well), I kept up a personal series on Facebook and Instagram that I affectionately titled “Science Friday”. I am an NPR junkie, as those who know me can attest. And I LOVE Mr. Ira Flatow’s Science Friday programs!

My own mom has always been into hands-on learning and interactive/creative play (thanks for chasing some pepper around with some soap, Mom!). I wanted to do something in that vein for my boys– hence the birth of our Science Fridays!!!

For this particular project I wanted to make a model of our Solar System, have the chance to talk about planets, their order and orbit, where our earth is positioned in our solar system, etc. I read a couple online tutorials, but didn’t really like their take on the model. So one chilly Friday, my oldest and I set out to procure the items we needed for our model.

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Remember that delightful cucumber yogurt we made last week? I wanted to capitalize on that luscious, creamy, goodness (and use up some of the leftovers) by including it in another recipe this week! I give you…drumroll… Falafel Cakes! Baked fresh, fully vegetarian, and healthy as all get out.

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WOW! What an intense, exhausting, low, high, information-packed, question-filled, engaging, wonderful, and rewarding couple of weeks! (Enough adjectives there for you?) Much of this post’s psychology culminated in the death of my computer on Wednesday morning, February 11th. May it rest in peace, amen.

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So you’ve do decide to stay-in on Valentine’s Eve (or you don’t give a damn about Valentine’s Day and you’re simply looking for a delicious dinner). Well, you’ve come to the right place. I’m serving up a scrumptious salmon recipe for you today, and let me tell you FIREWORKS IN THE MOUTH, folks. It is so good!

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