Just a Smidgen » Poet’s Corner https://justasmidgen.com ..a lifestyle blog filled with recipes, photography, poems, and DIY Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:07:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Psyche’s Posy https://justasmidgen.com/2014/06/01/psyches-posy/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/06/01/psyches-posy/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:37:00 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=21615 The post Psyche’s Posy appeared first on Just a Smidgen.

]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/06/01/psyches-posy/feed/ 7 Behind the Scenes: A Blog Tour of My Writing https://justasmidgen.com/2014/05/05/behind-the-scenes-a-blog-tour-of-my-writing/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/05/05/behind-the-scenes-a-blog-tour-of-my-writing/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 13:16:53 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=21418 I was asked to join a writing blog tour, so this post is a departure from the norm. My food writing friend, Marlene from Life Through the Kitchen Window, invited me to write the next piece for a growing blog tour called: A Behind the Scenes Blog Tour of My Writing. It’s an opportunity to […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/05/05/behind-the-scenes-a-blog-tour-of-my-writing/feed/ 19 This Room https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/28/this-room/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/28/this-room/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:12:29 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=20604 Temperatures are dropping to minus 40 C. The pup and I will be tucked in, next to the fire.. { She’s just been spayed, but doing remarkably well. } ♥ I’ll be back in a bit after tending to our pup, with a mason jar craft, and a pretty Recipe Notebook review. Keep warm!   […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/28/this-room/feed/ 22 Just a Smidgen ~ Smidge’s Favorites from Last Year! https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:33:13 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18883 In addition to the Top 10 viewed Crafts, DIY and Recipes, here are Smidge’s favorite much-loved posts from Just a Smidgen 2013! January Red Velvet Chambord Surprise ♡ Cake with Ruffled Frosting Sweetheart Rose Petal Soaps DIY Blushing Marshmallow Hearts February Spring Pastel Layer Cake SweetAmbs Brush Embroidery Cookies March Spring Festivus Spring Anenome Cupcakes […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/feed/ 3 An Autumn Evening – Lucy Maud Montgomery https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/13/an-autumn-evening/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/13/an-autumn-evening/#comments Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:15:56 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16918 Autumn is the such a brief but beautiful gift. I love this poem “An Autumn Evening” by Lucy Maud Montgomery, because she transforms bare trees into harps for the wind. She reminds us there is still joy to be found in our life’s change of seasons as well, a poem like this reminds us to […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/13/an-autumn-evening/feed/ 19 Gluten Free Pumpkin and Applesauce Granola https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/30/gluten-free-pumpkin-applesauce-granola/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/30/gluten-free-pumpkin-applesauce-granola/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:00:50 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16719   I love the seasonal change over to fall recipes, I think it’s the contrast of all the deep earthy flavors after the cool, light salads of summer… like in this Gluten Free Pumpkin and Applesauce Granola recipe. ♥     This is my newest favorite granola creation. There isn’t actually any star anise in […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/30/gluten-free-pumpkin-applesauce-granola/feed/ 46 Wear Gratitude Like a Cloak ~ Rumi https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/24/wear-gratitude-like-a-cloak/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/24/wear-gratitude-like-a-cloak/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:53:17 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16628   ♥ Some I know have had, still have such difficult, even tragic lives.. and yet they continue to amaze me with their courage and grace, their love.. and most of all their ability to still feel gratitude for all the blessings in their lives. These loved ones inspire and lift us all up to […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/10/class-students-host-sparrows/feed/ 20 Cardamom Orange Zest Pansy Cookies https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/26/cardamom-orange-zest-pansy-sugar-cookies-2/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/26/cardamom-orange-zest-pansy-sugar-cookies-2/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2013 01:05:53 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=15952 Deja-vu.. you may have seen these Cardamom Orange Zest Pansy Cookies already. { Well, that name was a mouthful wasn’t it? Well, so are these cookies, so there! } When I agreed to do a guest post.. I suddenly realized that the recipe wouldn’t be on my blog! One of the primary reasons I began […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/26/cardamom-orange-zest-pansy-sugar-cookies-2/feed/ 27 The Mosaic Heart https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/18/the-mosaic-heart/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/18/the-mosaic-heart/#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:44:07 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=15780 A friend once told me, after the loss of a friendship, that every person who touches our lives become a part of the collage or mosaic of our heart… the Mosaic Heart. Some may be only a wee little piece, staying for a short while, while others may be more vibrant, larger or perhaps subdued.. […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/18/the-mosaic-heart/feed/ 17 When We Were Small https://justasmidgen.com/2013/01/15/when-we-were-small/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/01/15/when-we-were-small/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:22:09 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=11639 What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/01/15/when-we-were-small/feed/ 107 Roaring Lions Winter Ale Chili https://justasmidgen.com/2013/01/04/roaring-lions-winter-ale-chili/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/01/04/roaring-lions-winter-ale-chili/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:50:47 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=11569   One of my most curious discoveries of Cross-Country Skiing was the sound your skis make behind you.. you could be convinced someone is following you. This poem sprang from that feeling of someone “lurking” behind, the lengthening shadow as it comes around and stands in front of you while you finish your route.. and […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/01/04/roaring-lions-winter-ale-chili/feed/ 63 grace https://justasmidgen.com/2012/12/19/grace/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/12/19/grace/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:03:23 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=11356 grace “I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.” { Anne Lamott }   in loving memory of Philip John Carroll  1.28.60 ~ 12.14.12 ♥ wishing you all grace and peace this holiday season may […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/12/19/grace/feed/ 58 The Snowbird Hawthorne https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/14/the-snowbird-hawthorne/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/14/the-snowbird-hawthorne/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:16:31 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=10964   To begin.. A fire.. friends.. music.. and earthy nourishment surfeits the heart’s own hunger…   Print Crimini Mushroom Tartines Rating: 51 Ingredients 1/2 – 1 baguette, sliced thin and toasted, lightly brushed with olive oil on one side 2 tbsp butter, unsalted 1 pound (450g) crimini mushrooms, quartered 3 cloves garlic, minced salt pepper […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/14/the-snowbird-hawthorne/feed/ 86 Wanderlust.. https://justasmidgen.com/2012/10/28/wanderlust/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/10/28/wanderlust/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:15:49 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=10541   ♥ “gâteau au café     café cake    caffè torta      císte caife      kaffe kaka” this coffee cake by any other name would smell as sweet.. though I’d much rather be wandering through a town in Europe this morning, visiting on a bistro chair, bundled against the chill air, in a tiny café […]

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