Identity Crisis

What to do with this blog...ideas running around about things I want to explore, stories to tell, opinions about life and the world at large but how do I make it make sense? (Rhetorical question)

Here are some things I am passionate about:

• Health - particularly how nutrition affects our overall well being
• Children's Health (and availability of health care for all)
• Cooking
• Education
• Parenting (not necessarily good at it - but passionate for sure and always trying to improve)

Things I am trying to figure out still:

• Religious beliefs
• Political opinions
• How to balance it all
• Domesticity
• What do I want to be when I grow up?

It's a start. Posts will be in no particular order and may not even be regular but I'm going to give this blog thing another try. Hope you'll check in every now and again and join the evolution of ideas.

Wanna Be

I want to be a "real" blogger, I really do. I think I'm just a stalker though. I keep finding blogs I love to read. They inspire me to think about things in different ways, to appreciate things overlooked. They also validate some of my feelings about mothering and life. I have a zillion stories of my own floating around inside my brain but I cannot seem to get past being freaked out by how publicly accessible things are on the internet. I always feel a bit dishonest when I do post something because there are so many layers being left our for the sake of privacy. If anyone ever looks at this post, and if you are a blogger, how do you find the courage to be so honest? So vulnerable to an unknown audience? And even more so, knowing that people you know are reading, do you not feel so exposed?

I think I'm going to post a little more often this year. We'll see...

Happy Birthday Little Boys

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Yummy

the best blueberry muffins

this is a recipe I found in a favorite magazine - we have made a few adjustments and it is now a family favorite...easy for little ones to help with and oh, so delicious!

You will need:

• 2 cups flour (we use whole wheat, increase to 2-1/2 cups if freshly milled)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt (we use sea salt)
• 4 large eggs
• 16 ounces sour cream
• 10 tablespoons (1-1/4 sticks) butter
• 2 cups light brown sugar (we use Sucanat)
• 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
• 2 cups of blueberries (if frozen, do not thaw)
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

Line two 12-cup muffin tins with muffin cup liners (or two 24 cup mini muffin tins) - this recipe does not work if tins are unlined...too sticky. Combine flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.

Melt together butter and brown sugar in saucepan over medium heat (about 3 minutes). Let cool about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Beat eggs with sour cream then add brown sugar/butter mixture and beat until combined.

Stir in oats.

Fold in flour mixture and then berries.

Sprinkle a pinch of sugar onto the top of each muffin.

Bake for 25 - 28 minutes (15-20 for mini-muffins) or until edges are medium brown and tops are firm. Cool for 5 minutes and remove from pan.

ENJOY!

Worthy of Consideration

Yes we must...

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life flow no longer in our souls.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton,speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1890.

Politics

The Left mocks the Right. The Right knows it's right. Two ugly traits. How far should we go to try and understand each other's point of view? Maybe the distance grace covered on the cross is a clue.

~Bono. lead singer of U2

Currently Reading: God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It