Jon and I just got back to our family cabin in Idyllwild, California this week after 3 months of travel. And it was 3 months of fast travel as opposed to slow travel which is what we tend to either aspire to or do. This means that we didn’t stay in any one place longer […]
Dinner Diary: August 1, 2016 – August 7, 2016 Juicing in Bali
Traveling has been extensive lately, and even when we had some delicious downtime while in New Mexico for June and July, things just keep feeling rushed and displaced this year. Interestingly, the fact that we are no longer renting a home in Maui, and are fully nomadic, doesn’t feel like it’s contributing to the situation. […]
The Sunday Slow: Cooking As Love And Care
My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s last year. It’s moderate to severe at this point and though there are points where her memory is fairly ok, her ability to manage the day to day routines of life has been seriously impaired. This is compounded by the fact that she use to be my brother’s primary […]
My Body And The Blog Post I Never Wanted To Write
I’ve struggled all my life with my body. Even before I knew what my body looked or felt like, I had inherited a wealth of body shame from my mother, who likely inherited hers from her own mother. I remember early in my life, as early as the age of 6 perhaps? The trauma of […]
The Sunday Slow: Listening To My Body
This last week I wrote about checking in with your body after eating in order to start listening to what it was telling you about the affects of the food you ate. If there is anything about being seriously gluten intolerant to be thankful for, it’s that it has really made me more vigilant, more […]
The Sunday Slow: It Comes Down To One Thing
It’s raining. A lot. Coming from 10 weeks in California where they are experiencing a catastrophic drought, the climate here in Maui is a shocking contrast. It has rained here every single night since I returned home two weeks ago. Every. Single. Night. There is much symbolism in this for me. The stress and exhaustion […]
The Sunday Slow: Blooming Tables
I tend to neglect my wellbeing when I’m feeling overly stressed or taxed. I like to hole up, lick my wounds, eat less or more depending on the day and it’s usually left overs or snacks. I know it’s these times when I need to anchor into my rituals even more… they pace me, keep […]
The Sunday Slow: Old Tomes
When I come to California I stay at Jon’s family cabin in Idyllwild. We lived here for a few years before we moved to Hawaii and it’s a lovely space in an awesome mountain town. One of the things I love about this place is the history. Jon grew up coming to this cabin, the […]
The Sunday Slow: Orange Bounty
The Sunday Slow is a sinking in to the meditation and the life lessons around food, nourishment and the center of our homes. In truth, that center is wherever you are, wherever you place it, wherever you eat regularly. It’s slow because it is in the slowing down that we feel more, experience deeper and […]