What To Do With Arugula

Arugula in my garden that has gone to seed.

Arugula has just about got to be one of God's greatest delights in a garden. I think it has a buttery taste with a kick and the only way I've ever used it is in salad with pears, walnuts and goat cheese with drizzled evo and balsamic.

I enjoy finding and introducing new blog spots and today, I discovered a new blog that I'll add to my "got to visit blogs" - La Table de Nana (note the new widget on my left column with all the great pictures).

One of the reasons I'm jazzed is not only because of the way she surrounds herself with beauty and seems to have this ease in creating sanctuary but also because of the new recipes she shares for arugula!


These pictures look so amazing I just had to share them with you. This one is what she calls Lindsays Arugula and Red Pepper Penne Dish. Oh my goodness!

And this "soul food" is her " arugula mashed potatoes and garnished with a parsley coin." Does this NOT make you want to go whip up some? She found this recipe here.

So, go pay this lovely blog spot a visit, will you!

What To Do With Arugula

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The Sad Saga of Jon and Kate - Marriage

As any married person knows - it's hard - at times - really hard being a wife or a husband. It takes work and tenacity and humility and forgiveness and respect and love to endure through those times in marriage where it ain't all roses.

Being Michael's wife has brought me great joy, lots of fun, and many many times of great laughter. We've learned to do things together (and love it): hospitality, remodeling, gardening, playing free cell (he on his lap time and me on mine - which by the way - he usually wins).

It's also been one of the hardest things I've done - learning what it means to be a wife - getting out of myself, discovering my selfish ways, learning how to constantly, creatively communicate and sometimes use words.

I've grown to become his best. And, he's grown to become my best.

We've learned to keep short accounts, not hold a grudge, let go of resentment and basically learned (still learning) how to resolve conflicts quickly so intimacy isn't impeded.

Doing life without my husband is NOT an option for me. It's not about bring me peace - but me learning to let peace rule in my feminine soul in spite of what goes on around me. It's been about me, developing character and getting ready to stand before - on That Day - my audience of One.

I've watched only one show of Jon and Kate Plus Eight but lately have been interested in where the sad saga of their life would end up. Many of you responded when I asked for the advice you'd give this precious couple - for the sake of their precious children.

Thing like this have been posted:

Jon & Kate Plus 8: Suck It Up

Jon and Kate Plus 8: Divorce Reality Style?

"Jon & Kate Plus 8" Continues Ratings Roll

Jon and Kate: Why Do We Relate?

Dickipedia: Jon & Kate Plus 8

Media Faulted for Lack of "Jon and Kate" Coverage

'Jon & Kate Plus 8' Star Fired 40 Staffers In 3 Months

Jon & Kate May Split: She Admits Struggling, He Suspects Affair

'Jon & Kate' Mom 'Completely Ignored' Kids During Trip

What's happened to them - what has happened to us?

The Sad Saga of Jon and Kate - Marriage

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The Stoning of Soraya M

Women in Western cultures generally have little to no clue as to the crimes and atrocities against women of other cultures. I have personally witnessed them against Somali women and now here's just one more - The Stoning of Soraya M. opening in theaters June 26th.

I'm one who believes that God wants to and will use the power of influence of one woman submitted to His ways - to change the world.....but, not if we are silent.



What will your voice say?

LA Times reports:
"What happened here yesterday was wrong," a woman named Zahra ("House of Sand and Fog's" Shohreh Aghdashloo) tells the journalist, before she relates the tragic events of what has happened to her niece, Soraya (Mozhan Marnò). Soraya's husband was tired of his marriage and wanted a younger spouse; rather than pursue a divorce, he concocted a scheme to get rid of her.

The fabricated charge was adultery, which under the town leaders' judgment was a crime not only against her husband but also Islam. The penalty was death by public stoning, and nothing Zahra or Soraya could do or say would stop it. "It is God's law," one person says, while the local mullah says, "With each stone you throw, your honor will return."

Director and co-writer Cyrus Nowrasteh spares little in depicting the execution, in which Soraya is buried to her chest with her arms bound, and pelted with heavy rocks from close range until she bleeds to death. "We had to keep toning it down so that people could bear it," says McEveety. "It was far worse originally. But there were people who wanted us to tone it down even more than we did."

Yet McEveety felt it was critical to depict Soraya's killing graphically so that audiences would leave the theater outraged. "You can't tone it down too much, or you do an injustice to the crime," he says. But he doesn't want people to be angry at the Islamic faith; rather, he wants to stop stoning around the world, even as it is .

What's more, McEveety wants people who see the film to cease being passive witnesses to injustice in any form. "Another thing is that we're all guilty -- we don't stand up when we should," McEveety says. "I hope you will explore your own soul when you watch this film. Can you say that about many other movies?"


Will YOU see this movie? Why or why not?

The Stoning of Soraya M

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