Aug 7, 2012 | Global
Lara Bars or “Date Bars”
Ingrediants:
1 Cup of almonds
1/2 Cup dried cherries
12 Dates
1/4 Tsp salt
2 Tbsp coconut oil
5 Tbsp cocoa powder
(Wax paper)
Instructions:
Blend nuts till small bits add dates and dried fruit and continue blending.
Take out of blender with spatula into small bowl. Add salt, coconut oil and cocoa. Mix with hands!
Put a piece of wax paper down with mixture on top. Use rolling pin to flatten evenly.
Put a second piece of wax paper on top to help mold into squares. Cut into bar shapes and refrigerate to help harden.
Aug 5, 2012 | Global
Jesus came in and ordered a sweetgrass. :) True story!
Momma made me Samurai Chai tea. :)
Dear Bella, I love how cuddly and lovely you are!
We found a “new” used book store! Stuffed in every corner (top to bottom) with books. It’s a little slice of heaven! I hope God has a super cool library just for the heck of it. Even though he doesn’t need it.
Who was so jazzed about finding a whole bunch of vintage National Geographic’s?
My package from Singapore.
Strange things I find at the thrift store I DIDN’T buy…
Aug 5, 2012 | Global
After perusing the markets varying muffins, squashes and honey’s, we picked up a lovely bunch of flowers. I was beckoned over to get “carrying instructions” which was to lay them across my arm and wave like miss america! Clever lady. Funny enough another lady who must be a regular to the market, asked me to wave like miss america so she could take a photo. I laughed not knowing she knew the connection!
-These know sit in blue jars on my kitchen counter.
Peaches we took home to make a new recipe with! Mhhh.
My sister, mom and I took the morning to explore our Saturday morning market. We came back with quite the lot of fresh goods!
Then my sister took some incredible photo’s!! Well of me. Blush! See HERE…
Aug 3, 2012 | Global
Ingredients:
Fig (preferably fresh)
Brie
Thyme (fresh)
Challah Bread
2 Egg
1/2 cup almond milk
1 tbsp cinnamon
Honey
Directions:
Cut bread into thick slice with a cut in the center almost to the bottom. Creating a pocket to fill.
Slice brie and fig thinly and fill inside the bread til covered.
Sprinkle in thyme leaves heavily.
In a small bowl mix eggs, almond milk and cinnamon.
Dip both sides of bread in egg mixture and place on skillet.
Drizzle with honey and serve!
Cooked by: Timothy Morris and sorta me, if cutting brie counts.
Photographs: By me.
Aug 2, 2012 | Global
Hello, my name is Christian, and I’m a photographer. In my line of work, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of beautiful women who have pleasantly symmetrical features, beautiful proportions and vibrant skin. On the other hand, I’ve also met a lot of women who feel like they lack some of this thing called “beauty”. They are usually either struggling with reaching their ideal weight, or not completely satisfied with some, if not several, of their features. Sadly, they shy away from my camera thinking they are not pretty enough. Some of them even go as far as say ing they ‘HATE!’ the way they look. These women are all too aware they do not quite add up to our society’s skewed standards of beauty.
Over time and after talking to a lot of the physically beautiful women about their beauty, a certain theme started to emerge. The norm seemed to be that there was always some thing to complain about. “My nose is too round”, “I’m not tall enough”, “My lips are too thin”… Even though these ladies were blatantly the subject of adoration and envy of many men and women, the over whelming major ity of them were not happy with their looks.
At first this was really surprising to me, but with a lit tle more thought I came to the sad realization that most women are unhappy with the way that they look, regard less of their physical beauty.
Thankfully, I’ve come to know a different kind of woman; a rare kind that is joy ful and content with herself, irrespective of her insecurities. I have found it refreshing to talk to a woman who does not constantly complain about her flaws. She is happy and confident despite wonder ing whether her hips may be too large or her hands too wrinkly. Her nose may be crooked but that is not an issue, there is much more to her than her outward appear ance. She is wise and lov ing, inspir ing and full of life. In reality, regard less of this woman’s “imperfections”, she is by far the most attractive of them all.
I know being content in one’s own skin is difficult, especially when living in our sexually explicit culture that puts a huge value on our looks. We are constantly bombarded with magazine articles and TV shows, leading us to believe that our outer appearance is much more important than it actually is. Our culture’s obsession with being skinny and seemingly flawless has ruined many lives and stolen so much of our joy. Eating disorders, depression, and self-loathing are just some of the results of us constantly comparing our features to others. It is a tragic reality, and it has to stop.
A woman becomes so much more attractive when she stops worry ing about her out ward beauty, and concentrates instead on develop ing the tremendous beauty already within her. Like becoming increasingly more lov ing and more thoughtful, more self less and more kind, because that is where true beauty resides. A beautiful woman is ageless and humble, caring and tender, she may or may not be physically perfect, but on the inside, she is a gem.
So finally, I would like to tell you that there is much more to life than how thin or fat your arms may be. We all have insecurities and imperfections, but it is not until we make peace with those flaws that we can become truly beautiful.
Do not buy into the shallowness of our culture.
Be who you are meant to be, a wonderful and amazing creature.
His AMAZING work is here :http://www.aghaphoto.com/
He is one of my closest and dearest friends with a wise and loving heart. He also happens to be incredibly talented as a photographer. I look up to him so much in so many ways!
