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My life as a personal chef on a country estate, living in a cottage and getting to pursue all my culinary fantasies at someone else's expense...
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The Simple Woman\'s Daybook . . .
FOR TODAY, December 28th, 2009 ...Outside My Window... It is dark and very, very still, which is nice. It's also very cold. They are calling for more snow later this week. The only light in here is the Christmas Fairy lights in the windows. Oh...
A Christmas wish . . .
"At Christmas, I no more desire a roseThan wish a snow in May's newfangled mirth;But like each thing that in season grows."~William ShakespeareThe snow is still with us, and it is so lovely to behold, as horrible as it has been to traverse and get ab...
Marie\'s Sunday Six
Here we are, another Sunday, another opportunity to dwell on all the wonderful things that I have been blessed with during the last week. What a wonderful week I have had this week. It will be really hard to keep it down to just six!This past Wedn...
The Journey . . .
Once upon a time there was a man and his son who lived in a tiny village in a country named Japan. They didn't have much to call their own, except for a tiny plot of land that they farmed. Once or twice a year they would load up an old ox drawn ca...
The Simple Woman\'s Daybook . . .
FOR TODAY, October 26th, 2009 ...Outside My Window... It is dark and very, very still. Our clocks went behind an hour on Saturday evening so it is now very dark quite early on in the evening and it should be getting lighter earlier in the morning,...
Knives and spoons bring pantaloons . . .
I grew up with a very superstitious mother, although at the time I would not have known that was what it was. I only knew that everyday occurrences were always accompanied with a "saying" or two . . . like for instance "Knives and spoons bring pant...
Words of wisdom to share on a Friday . . .
"It is often better not to see an insult than to attempt to avenge it."This was a warning given by Seneca the Younger, who died in AD65. Although a great many years have passed since he first issued it, the wisdom of his words has stayed strong, and ...
Victorian Trinkets . . .
Today I am going to tell you about a beautiful Victorian love brooch, made of silver, which bears the name Sarah upon it's face.Sarah, a young woman in the 1800's, was the daughter of a widowed clergyman. She lived at home with her father for many y...
Maries Sunday Six . . .
Good morning everyone and welcome to my weekly Sunday Six Smilemakers. Oh how I love this day . . . not only is it the sabbath, but I also get to share six of my special blessings from the previous week with you! How wonderful it all is, especially...
A tip for happy living . . .
A woman aged ninety two was once asked by a much younger woman to give her a tip on happy living. This was her response."Be kind each day to all the people you meet, for every second person may well be having a much harder time than you."It makes on...
The wind doth blow, and the rain does fall . . .
Oh, but the wind is blowing outside our little cottage right now and the rain is against the glass of the windows. It shall be a typical Autumn day here, much like what we have come to expect at this time of year, and Lord knows . . . the rain is ne...
Thoughts of Autumn . . .
"Thy bounty shines in autumn unconfinedAnd spreads a common feast for all that live."- James Thomson Todd and I took a long walk through the orchards and across the fields yesterday afternoon. The sun was shining down so beautifully and it seemed ...
It's not how much you do . . .
"Yet not low my aspirations;High and strong my soul's desireTo assist my toiling brothers,Upwards, onwards to aspire."~Janet HamiltonI bet there are not a lot of you who have heard of Janet Hamilton, and really, I am not surprised, for, although she ...
The Simple Woman's Day Book
FOR TODAY, August 17th, 2009 ...Outside My Window... All is calm and quiet. The sun is just beginning to peek over the horizon. My . . . but the days are drawing in quickly. It seems not all that long ago that I was waking up in complete daylig...
A Smell Is Worth a Thousand Words . . .
"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived." ~Helen KellerThere is something really special about smells. They have the power to grasp your mind and take you back to any memory in your ex...
Special Moments . . .
Life is full of moments, both grand and small. Once in a while I like to just sit and close my eyes, and think about what might have been the most wonderful moment I have lived through . . .The most wonderful moment in my life . . .The most wonderfu...
