HOLIDAY COOKIE SWAP

When you can't do an "in person" cookie swap with friends you go for the next best thing... A VIRTUAL COOKIE SWAP! The participants and rules are: So here are my recipes: Salted Caramel Brownies 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter 8 oz. plus 6 oz. Hershey's semisweet chocolate chips 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate  3 extra-large eggs 1 1/2 tablespoons instant coffee granules,...

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OFF THE COB: SWEET CORN CHIPS

Ok... I needed to blog about this young man. A while back Andrew Zimmern (Minnesota's famous chef) had twittered about this Kickstarter fundraiser for a guy named Cameron Sheldrake.   Cameron is a young entrepreneur that started a company called Off The Cob Sweet Corn Tortilla Chips.  His chips are unique in that they are made using real sweet corn, they contain no artificial ingredients,...

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CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THEIR EYES

Have you ever wondered what climate change looks like through the eyes of our wild neighbors? photo source: CLICK HERE Climate Change through the eyes of a Grizzly Bear: more mountain pine beetles = less whitebark pine trees = less whitebark pine seeds = starving grizzly bears  photo source: CLICK HERE Climate Change through the eyes of a Polar Bear: melting...

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REAL FRIENDS MAKE SURE YOU NEVER STOP CREATING

I wish I had a bumper sticker that said real friends make sure you never stop creating or maybe even better would be real friends know that creating keeps you sane or something like that. My friend Teresa over at Homestead Notes (growing, writing, creating) is the person my bumper sticker would be referring to.  When I was giving up on knitting, she mailed me a a pattern for knitted sox...

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WOLF WALK 2012 - DULUTH, MINNESOTA

If you're in Minnesota please attend Wolf Walk in Duluth to advocate for gray wolves and stop the wolf hunting and trapping season in November. ...

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WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN...

That my creative energy would return and I wouldn't even realize it.  Since August I've felt like a new person.  After turning 40 last year I fell into this nasty little funk and had no energy to write, craft, or even spend that much time in nature.  My summer began pretty poorly but before I knew it I was busy making cards, knitting, baking; all of a sudden I feel good again.  All...

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DOES THE INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER MISLEAD THEIR MEMBERS?

I'm writing this for one reason only. How many people look at the International Wolf Center the way I did? That is why I write. If you are anything like I was you see the Intl. Wolf Center as a haven for wolves. A place that educates the public not he factual information pertaining to Canis lupus, a place that is run by people that care about and want to preserve our wolf population (their twitter...

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