Sharing Circle

Seeing the recipe for eggs and beans, which I had never thought of, made me want to post another seriously yummy recipe here.

I had dinner guests the other night and to make them something they never had before, I made some Indian food. They ooohed and wowed like I’d been working all day on the food, but they didn’t know the secret. It’s actually very simple to make. Follow me to the next page and I’ll let you know how it was done.
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YUM!

I wanted to quickly share a meal that a lot of people may not have ever had, (particularly most Americans) which my British friends and family taught me about.

Sometimes, particularly in restaurants, this is served with sausage and tomato. It’s inexpensive and surprisingly good, filling, and with plenty of protein. See ingredients and the simple how-to on the flip. (more…)

I feel kind of odd about passing along this information, but my role as I see it is to just report and people can make of it what they will.

I have a great deal of respect for military people world-wide; my father was in the National Guard, and my sister and brother-in-law were Marines.  I just stumbled into this relatively new organization made up of retired and currently serving American Military personnel. Called “The Oath Keepers” (which though it might conjure up visions of the promise-keepers who swear to stay virginal until marriage) it seems their role could conceivably be FAR more important to the American people than the latter.  Personally I think these men and women (after a relatively quick examination) have their minds and hearts in the right place.  See why on the flip.

Their point of view seems pretty sane to me, but perhaps it runs counter to the conventional wisdom of those serving, I don’t know. Without further ado, here are the principles that this organization’s leadership are asking American military (past and present) people to swear to do (or not do.) (more…)

I just read in The Nation that one of the leaders of the conservative charge against meaningful health care reform in this country is a guy named Rick Scott. I’d never heard of him until this morning, but at the moment I’m thinking that he may be just as reprehensible as, say, Rush Limbaugh.

Christopher Hayes wrote this piece, and he mentions that Scott is the “leader” of a group called “Conservatives for Patient’s Rights.” {The Republicans never fail to provide an amusing mis-naming of their organizations or bills, e.g. The “No Child Left Behind” act (should be called “Most Children Left Behind” act) or the “Clean Air Act,” which a well known left-wing writer once quipped “Should have been called the ‘No Tree Left Behind’ act.”} (more…)

I would like to directly put a photo here of the tent city in Sacramento, California, which now reportedly has over 1200 “residents.”  However, the images are copyrighted by Getty (among others) and they are well known for suing people for using their images.

So instead, I’m linking to the website of a radio station in Sacramento which has published the photographs (I’m assuming, with permission.) Reportedly, this is not the only tent city which has sprung up in our country of late; I have also heard this morning of one in Northern Ohio and I’m sure there are more. (more…)

It’s tempting in these turbulent times to allow ourselves to think negatively, or to give up hope, or to feel like we can’t possibly get ahead.  That line of thinking is something that we all need to watch for and stop in its tracks.

Plus, negativity is catching, and that’s the last thing we need to share. Read on for the inspirational thought.

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Water Spirit Missamashoe which is found on the Goulais Bay reservation. (by Craig McKay)

When my husband and I met, one of the things that we talked about was that although neither of us were of the “first peoples” or Native Americans, that we had a tremendous respect for Native Americans and their cultures and ways of seeing the world.

That respect, and admiration, was one of the reasons why this website came into being.

I noticed in the log that people had come here looking for the “seven teachings” which of course, until now, they did not find.

Gaani Aki Inini (Dave Courchene Jr.) is an Ojibway (Anishabe) Elder who shared the following seven teachings with the world on the webpage of the turtle lodge.

Follow me on the flip and you’ll see that this timeless wisdom still offers us a great deal to strive toward today.  (more…)