Blog of the Soap Pixie

FRIENDS AND FUTURE

January 12, 2013

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” ― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 Thank you Shirley and Joe for your wonderful gift of friendship! We feel very fortunate to have connected with such caring individuals as yourselves. The bracelets that arrived today...

family

WINTER SOLSTICE 2012

December 21, 2012

Happy Winter Solstice Everyone! The Solstice marks the Mayan rebirth and according to American Indian prophesy we are in the time of the 7th Fire. We humans are at a crossroads. We can choose to continue down the path humanity has been traveling for decades or find a new direction, one where our thoughts and feelings are no longer controlled by the media and/or politicians but...

HOLIDAY COOKIE SWAP

December 11, 2012

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,...

Recipes

OFF THE COB: SWEET CORN CHIPS

December 4, 2012

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,...

Nature

CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THEIR EYES

November 4, 2012

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...

friends , Hobbies

REAL FRIENDS MAKE SURE YOU NEVER STOP CREATING

October 13, 2012

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...