How did the term synchronicity originate? A famous Swiss psychoanalyst named Carl Jung (1875-1961) first coined the term “synchronicity” to explain what he called “meaningful coincidences ” that are not related by any causal eve…
Several months ago, I was approached to do a book review for a children’s book called What Does it Mean to be Global? by Rana DiOrio. As an activist for equality, I was thrilled to be part of this book and its special way of illustrating to our c…
I love to meet other people. Mostly, because I love to pick their brains and observe them in their natural (or unnatural) environment as they try to navigate the murky waters of socializing. One of the things we do on HippyMom is encourage all of our m…
Spring is now a memory of cool evenings, warmer days, and the misery of allergies for many of us as a new season of growth burst into life around us. Now that summer is here we shift to a period of abundance and fertility, and since our gardens and g…
Join us for a Blogging Workshop, July 27-31, 2010! Have you ever wanted to share your kids’ cute stories with friends and family? Did you know a blog can also be a way to sell your art or homemade crafts? How about focusing your talents on a caus…
HippyMom On-Line Pendulum Workshop
Trusting our intuition, that will be the key focus in this on-line workshop using Pendulums. It doesn’t matter if you have a elaborately carved piece of crystal on a chain or your pendulum is a ring on a…
French desserts have only a couple of pastry base recipes which are only slightly modified for each specific treat. For this tart we use a Sugar Crust (pg 633/634) of Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
1 1/3C Flour
3-7T sugar – sugar is…
V gets into the Swing of Things… wheeeee!
A few laughs from N8V Running. Hell yeah.
Another UnCool Girl lesson from Melia, the Queen of Dorks. Ironic, eh?
Soaking up the Solstice Sun, LadyHawk talks Litha.
Spectacular Me is a big whiny-faced vegg…
For most of us summer brings to mind sun, outdoor recreation, perhaps water activities, gardening, and sweltering days mowing lawns, and hordes of mosquitoes and other insects. This summer my favorite activity that I have indulged in is meditation, a…
This recipe is from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, p. 425. (The sauce can be found on p. 98.)
Ingredients:
fresh artichokes (look for bright uniform green coloring and tight leaves)
1 lemon
1 stick butter
salt and pepper to taste
Directions…
