Thinking Fruitful

Mother’s Day Memories

It’s Mother’s Day this weekend and while I’m not a mother yet, it’s got me thinking about my wonderful mother and the food-related memories I share with her (which include tea, pie, Southern favorites, crumbles and crisps, Indian food in Myanmar and much more). In that vein, I asked some of you Facebook friends to […]

How to Spring Clean Your Life

Spring cleaning! What does the phrase make you feel? Excited. Anxious. In a state of avoidance? However the idea of spring cleaning makes you feel, it can actually be a really wonderful thing. I love the idea of taking time to clean, organize and restore order. I firmly believe that if you can put in […]

Easter Poems

Happy Easter, all! Here are a few poems that I’ve written in the past few years inspired by the Easter season. Sunrise Service There seems to be an internal timer inside of me signaling Easter morning It must have been all those sunrise services, my stomach confused why sticky sweet hot cross buns were allowed […]

Turkey Burger

What comes to mind when you hear “turkey burger”? For me, it used to be: Why am I eating this when I could be eating a regular burger? Ya’ll know that I’m not a huge meat eater, but I like my occasional burger. And I used to be convinced that only a beef burger would […]

What are You Doing for Valentine’s Dinner?

It’s a valid question, right? What are you planning for Valentine’s (or Galentine’s). Food is a somewhat important part of this holiday, and, honestly, who doesn’t want to show their love through food or dessert? I really want this Valentine’s Day to be simple and comforting. Last year, my husband made us a killer Valentine’s […]