by Karen Creamer | Jan 8, 2023 | (it's all about the) food, Comfort, Connection, family, italian, recipes
I have been making Pastina for decades, since my children were babies. Back then, they called it “Stini”, and sometimes I still do. It was a quick, easy, comforting thing to eat and they loved it.
Making Pastina was also a tradition, because my mother and my grandmother made it for me when I was a baby and for all the years after that.
Over the past several months, I have been having trouble finding Pastina at the grocery store. I had quite a stash so I didn’t worry too much about this at first. I preferred Prince Pastina but decided that Barilla or Ronzoni would also be fine. Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Jan 2, 2023 | Clarity, my one word, Spiritual Practice
I’ve been writing about the practice of choosing one word to focus on for the entire year for over a decade now. I write about and I do it.
The book My One Word by Mike Ashcraft and Rachel Olsen describes the practice. Check it out if you are interested in finding out more about it.
Alternatively, you could visit the My One Word website and learn more that way. I have shared these resources before and I still refer to them from time to time.
My past words have been:
2010: Breathe
2011: Edit Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Aug 25, 2022 | Comfort
Anyone who has followed me for even 5 minutes knows that I love the ocean.
Usually I walk the beach on sunny (or sunny-ish) days or a sit in my car with a book and my journal. Depending on how much time I have, I do both.
Today, I had the time and the desire to go walk, but the weather was not even remotely sunny-ish. It was actually pouring rain and by 5:30pm it was clear that it would not be letting up. I decided to just drive there anyway. I figured I’d sit and read my book for a little while until it was too dark to see the page.
I got there and parked the car. It was almost high tide. I really wanted to walk on the beach but you know, rain. While I sat there, something that husband said to me the other day came to mind: Keep reading
Karen Creamer
