tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post4530203634900122461..comments2023-11-03T11:26:05.875-04:00Comments on My Journey To Mindfulness: Sunday is ColdOne Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-58166739598469388292016-11-30T00:21:37.559-05:002016-11-30T00:21:37.559-05:00Your chili looks delish! My husband always liked ...Your chili looks delish! My husband always liked it spicy and hotter than I did, so if he chose to make some I had to be careful with each bite. As for fewer really good friends as we age -- life didn't permit my cultivating new friends the ten years or so before my husband died though I noted those and family were gradually either moving away, passing on or both -- surprisingly, many younger than me. The pace has not lessened, numbers have kept dwindling. I naively though there would be new friends to find but has not been so. I think it must be rare to develop similar deep relationships in later years as I've heard so many others express having the same experience. Recall one older friend writing me years ago from the opposite coast, "There are no friends like old friends." Now, no communique for many months from another friend in the Northeast. Glad you'll be enjoying family for Thanksgiving! joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-27743019282106701162016-11-20T23:43:33.696-05:002016-11-20T23:43:33.696-05:00Ernestine, thank you for "missing" me. ...Ernestine, thank you for "missing" me. I guess I've sorta taken a break from blogging. Of course there was a lot of things to finish on the farm before cold weather: big chickens, hay harvest, and now, baby chickens again. Blogging takes a lot of time, loading pictures, correcting typing mistakes :) and coming up with a topic of interest. Maybe I should just be truthful and confess ~ I like to spend my spare time in the sewing room with needle, thread, and fabric. However, I do keep up with my online friends and I read your blog faithfully. God bless you, dear friend.lil red henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15494641068959278096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-65944069322130367652016-11-20T19:44:56.040-05:002016-11-20T19:44:56.040-05:00Many good memories can help sustain us in times of...Many good memories can help sustain us in times of aloneness. <br />Add a can of plain pumpkin to your next batch of chili. Can't really taste it but adds another vegetable with a touch of sweetness and much fiber and goodness.<br />Candacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728224499293623221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-41372104217015559992016-11-20T18:29:15.780-05:002016-11-20T18:29:15.780-05:00You recipe for chili is nearly identical to mine e...You recipe for chili is nearly identical to mine except I do love spicy and I also add cocoa, the plain unsweetened old fashioned kind, just a tblsp to the mix. I usually freeze many tubs and also give to Daughter.<br /><br />So sad about Clarice, I make very few new friends now. I do have my 28 year old new one and am delighted I have such fun with her. Rare I know.<br /><br />It does get lonelier as we age. But they live on in our memories.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684927768388749969.post-9076268740902473112016-11-20T16:12:00.868-05:002016-11-20T16:12:00.868-05:00You are what my daughter's generation calls a ...You are what my daughter's generation calls a foodie. You love cooking and different recipes. You are so blessed having had that lovely friend. I have a few relatives like that, but I do not thin we are that close. You have a rich life. And, yes, my husband adds his own hot sauce to whatever I cook. I do like my food a little spicy but not crazy.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.com