I must admit I don’t remember where I first saw this recipe I’ve adapted. If/when my memory is jogged, I will be certain to credit the magnificent one who put this together… (I’m thinking it is from an edible edition… hmmmm…

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There are two places imprinted forever on my bones... the original Honey Bear Bakery near Greenlake in Seattle and Grey Dog on Carmine in the West Village.

Both places offered sanctuary in the form of worn wood tables, deep dark coffee, and perfectly over-large chewy oatmeal cookies that I would forever remember as the perfect balm for anything that aile…

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There is an alchemy in any kitchen - of which I am only one variable - and in addition to understanding your ingredients forwards-backwards-rightsideup-upsidedown-insideout, the skill worth mastering is adaptability.

Here is a recipe we've made too many times to count - discovered when we needed to bring a snack to a vegan get together...

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At one of my lower moments, a woman said to me - Your heart didn’t break. You’re sad. Feel sad as long as you want to, but be clear, your heart is not broken.

I was questioning everything. My career, colleagues, my sense of home and family, my place and purpose. After the irreparable decision to leave a perfectly fine marriage, losing my best friend in t…

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There is alchemy in bread baking I've long respected and been wooed by. The very best bread, still warm from the oven, has a way of calming the soul and bringing people together - or perhaps silencing everyone long enough to recall something worth remembering...

Here is one of my favorite base recipes... 

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We put together all our everyday angel stories & created this e-book. Filled with gentle & surprising (& sometimes pointed) ways to look at this changing world of ours, each of these angels reminds you that you're ready for whatever comes across your path. That you've got this... 

• PDF format so it works on most readers, laptops & computers
• color, or b…

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“…he draws his strength from the soil of his own nature and his life experience. This is spring water. I feel the difference between this inspiration and that of others very strongly. His stance… is a true balance, not a measured middle…” – Shōji Hamada writing about the potter, Bernard Leach

Finally with an une…

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ginger key lime cream scones

Here is the recipe we mention often in story of the day posts... 

ginger key lime cream scones

adapted from Cindy Mushet's recipe || here's what you'll need for ingredients:

scones

2 Tbs. sugar

2 c. AP flour

1 Tbs baking powder

1 tsp ground ginger

somewhere between 1/4 - 1/2 tsp fine sea salt

1/4 c. very cold h…

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We were in search of a luscious chocolate dessert for a dear friend's birthday - but it needed to be vegan... Leave it to Minx Boren (an extraordinary women many know as Coach Minx)... to come up with something fabulous.

Here is the recipe, exactly as Minx gave it to us - my notes are at the very end...

Enjoy!

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In response to requests for a single place to find all 31 quotes we sent out with the Flying Edna story of the day for March 2022, we’ve made this available here for you.

Because we think in a fragmentary way, we see fragments. And this way of seeing leads us to make actual fragments of the world...

~ Susan Griffin

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In response to requests for a single place to find all 31 quotes we sent out with the Flying Edna story of the day for March 2023, we’ve made this available here for you.

Here are the quotes Fia chose for Women's History Month 2023:

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In response to requests for a single place to find all 31 quotes we sent out with the Flying Edna story of the day for March 2024, we have made this available here for you.

Here are the quotes Fia chose for Women's History Month 2024:

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