Love Is 5th of 5: Happiness & Husband Recipes
Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we practice its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence, the more likely we are to create a glorious future of man’s humanity to man. In this fifth and final “Love Is” post [for now], Aberjhani’s quote above has been adjusted a bit. Here are his exact words.. In the meantime, consider two recipes from The Writ-by-Hand cookbook, 1983. Recipe for Happiness Mend a quarrel Search out an old friend Dismiss suspicion Show your trust Write a letter Share some treasure Give a soft answer Encourage youth Manifest your loyalty Don’t give up Keep a promise Find the time Forego a grudge Forgive an enemy Open your heart Apologize if you were wrong Try to understand Boot out envy Think first of someone else Appreciate, be kind, be gentle Laugh a little more Do a good job Deserve confidence Reach out Fight prejudice Express your gratitude Gladden the heart of a child Take pleasure in the beauty of nature And always trust in God. How many more can you add? Etta M. Andrews shared this recipe. How to Preserve A Husband Be careful in your selection. Do not hoose too young and take only such varieties as have been reared in good moral atmosphere. When once decided upon and selected, let the past remain forever settled and give entire thought and preparation to domestic use. Some insist on keeping them in a pickle, while others keep getting them into hot water. Even poor varieties may be made sweet, tender and good by garnishing them with kisses. Then wrap well in a mantle of charity. Keep warm with a steady fire of domestic devotion and serve with the fruits of constant devotion and milk of human kindness. When thus prepared they will keep for years. Annie Laurie Boswell Taylor shared this recipe. [She did not know the source.] * I purchased the first and second volumes of this cookbook when visiting Crawfordville, Georgia. That’s where my mother’s mother was born and raised and where her mother was born during the Civil War. I was trying to understand Pinkie Gunn Ellington, my great grandmother by walking the land where she’d known slavery. You, too, have visited Crawfordville if you’ve seen the movies. Sweet Home Alabama, Get Low, Coward of the County, Home Fires Burning, Paris Trout, Summer of My German Soldier, Stars and Bars, Carolina Skeletons, Passion for Justice, Neon Bible, or Pushin’ Up Daisies. I plan to [finally] make recipes from The Writ-by-Hand cookbooks this year, including Cracker Jacks [from Leona Jones], Mississippi Mud [a cake from Mrs. W. C. Jones] and Salt Rising Bread [from Mrs. Lily S. Gunn]. Which LOVE quote is matched to the right movie? “It doesn’t matter if the guy is perfect or the girl is perfect, as long as they are perfect for each other.” ~ My Best Friend’s Wedding ?? “It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.” ~ Great Expectations ?? You’re the first boy I ever kissed, Jake, and I want you to be the last.” ~ Sweet Home Alabama “I wish I had done everything on earth with you” ~ The Great Gatsby. Answers Below. The Writ-by-Hand cookbooks were published by the Taliaferro County Historical Society. The first in 1983. Volume 2 in 1988. I was unable to find information on their cookbook series in time for this post. Here’s their website. If you learn how to order the cookbooks, please share. Please comment on this blog. ********** Five versions of my “Before All Else” Illustrated Wisdom art have been created with Adobe Photoshop. See them in upcoming posts. Support and encourage Succeed and Soar. Purchase the art as prints, ready-to-display canvas or framed from my galleries. Quiz Answers “It doesn’t matter if the guy is perfect or the girl is perfect, as long as they are perfect for each other.” ~ Good Will Hunting “It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.” ~ The Fault In Our Stars You’re the first boy I ever kissed, Jake, and I want you to be the last.” ~ Sweet Home Alabama “I wish I had done everything on earth with you” ~ The Great Gatsby.
Love is 4: Fairytale
Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale. – Melissa Brown, Picturing Perfect Today, I’ll be soaking dry cannellini beans in spring water. After they plump, I’ll cook a hearty and creamy soup. Except, a couple beans will be planted on my windowsill. There, I’ll watch to see what kind of beanstalks grow. This holiday season has been incredibly beautiful in Pittsburgh. Record snowfalls keep creating fairytale wonderlands. In one form or another, I hope the same for you. [Keep in mind Neil Gaiman’s words from Coraline. “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”] Blessings and best wishes for a new year of sunlit and lovely places where all the good you can imagine grows. Comment below. Love Lots! “In A Heartbeat,” a first crush. Click here to view 4-minute video. Which LOVE quote is matched to the right source? “Love is a friendship set to music.” ~ Shakespeare ?? “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ?? “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.“ ~ Taylor Swift ?? “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” ~ Noah Calhoun ?? — Answers Below — ***** Five versions of my “Before All Else” Illustrated Wisdom art have been created with Adobe Photoshop. See them in upcoming posts. Support and encourage Succeed and Soar. Purchase the art as prints, ready-to-display canvas or framed from my galleries. Consider starting a journal for the new year. Check Sandra’s Card Shop. More covers will be added this week. Quiz Answers “Love is a friendship set to music.” ~ Joseph Campbell “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.“ ~ Jodi Picoult “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” ~ Noah Calhoun