Category Archives: gathering

Nov27

a gathering ground.

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on thanksgiving, and every day

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‘the table is a meeting place, a gathering ground,

the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction.

a person cooking is a person giving: even the simplest food is a gift.

-laurie colwin

*Laurie Colwin was  an American author known for her witty and elegant fiction, as well as her popular food essays.  She wrote five novels and three short story collections. Colwin also wrote a food column for Gourmet magazine, which led to two acclaimed essay-cookbook collections, . She died unexpectedly at the age of 48. 

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art credit: jess bessie/pinterest

Nov23

on thanksgiving day.

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“i would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

-gilbert k. chesterton

 

 

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art credit: karen davis, by frost and candlelight

Nov24

today, as you gather.

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“the table is a meeting place, a gathering ground,

the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction.

a person cooking is a person giving; the simplest food is a gift.”

-laurie colwyn

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may you gather today with those you love to share your gifts.

 

Nov24

more alive.

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awaiting tomorrow’s gathering.

 

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“this is the power of gathering

it inspires us – delightfully

to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful

in a word, more alive.”

-alice waters

 

 

 

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art credit: Debbie and Mike Schramer, using treasures they gathered from the forest.

Nov22

gathering.

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“this is the power of gathering:

it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful:

in a word, more alive.”

-alice waters