The Very Best Cranberry Conserve! Homemade and Simple! Easy for Busy Moms :)

As women in charge of the households and lives of many, we cannot spend all day in the political realm trying to save the world!

Back to the kitchen's we must go...to love and serve! Thanks be to God! 

So, in the spirit of love, 

let me share with you another one of my favorite recipes! 

My favorite Cranberry Conserve is by Ina Garten @ Food Network! 

I found this recipe years ago and have such rave reviews from family and friends that I serve it without fail at every Thanksgiving gathering! 

It is rich with cranberry taste, yet chunky and full of sweet, nutty flavorings!  It is as simple as throwing the ingredients together and letting them meld over heat. Chill and serve! 

You will LOVE this and so will your GUESTS!!

Enjoy! 

Ingredients  Makes 4 cups-I always double it! 

• 1 (12-ounce) bag of fresh cranberries, cleaned
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 1 orange, zest grated and juiced
• 1 lemon, zest grated and juiced
• 3/4 cup raisins
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions

Cook the cranberries, sugar, and 1 cup of water in a saucepan over low heat for about 5 minutes, or until the skins pop open. Add the apple, zests, and juices and cook for 15 more minutes. Remove from the heat and add the raisins and nuts. Let cool, and serve chilled.

Paris, the Luminous Years

Watch Toward the Making of the Modern on PBS. See more from Paris The Luminous Years.

As you may have heard, this Mommy is back to school!

This term, I am taking a fabulous class on the Expatriates in Paris, during the 1920's.  There are so many wonderful and eye-opening experience I have had already,
 and as we know great experiences are better when shared :) 

This is one of the videos shown in our post-class series, very inspiring...published by PBS.

Hemingway/Pound/Picasso/Stein/Cubism/Surrealism/Dali...All of the Greats of the Modern Era...

If you love Art, Literature, and Paris, you will love this movie about the rise of Modernism through the eyes of the artists...

Too good not to share...I hope you enjoy and fall in love with Paris, as much as I have.

Paris in the 1920's A Marvelous Time to Experience

If you have not yet read Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, I would highly recommend doing so.  Especially, if you are looking to escape into another time and watch the world through the eyes of a romantic.

A romantic, not only in the sensual, but in the sense of discovery and in experiencing the depth and breadth of every interlude, intake of the landscape, complexity of emotion, and the wonderful tastes of  French food and liquor! 

 How this man gives you the taste of an aperitif` is amazing!

Paris, being what it was in the 1920's was an amazing place to live, dream, and aspire. Post war,  it took the world by storm with its avant garde approach to all things expressionist.  Music, Art, Thought... It forever changed the landscape of our minds and hearts, and we can attribute much of that to the Ex-Patriot's (Fitzgerald, Stein, Picasso...) whom made Paris their home during those years.

In this autobiography, you will meet those characters for what they were, their hopes, dreams, insecurities, passions.  You will begin to understand why their work was so important, and now so revered and you will be inspired to make more of yourself. 

  A  note about his original papers...

After his death in Cuba (he lived there with wife, Mary) 

Ernest Hemingway's writings...thousands of pages of original works, notes, and letters,  were confiscated by Fidel Castro.

 Mary begged for the American governments help and  JFK intervened. He was able to negotiate the return of all of Hemingways work, to Mary. 

As a Thank You to JFK, Mary Hemingway willed ALL of the works to the JFK public library; which are now available to all of us, in their original form.

 Next time in Boston, be sure to put this on your list of interesting things to see...

Remember, live the good life...La Dolce Vita oxoxox

A Conspiracy in Your Corn-Human Population Reduction & More...I Have NOT Lost My Mind.

I apologize, as this may take a few minutes to read, but I AM ASKING YOU TO READ THIS as it will fill you in on several things happening in the world around you, at once.  It may awaken you to a whole new world and prompt more of your own sense of curiosity and concern for the general well being of all-everyone-even you and your family.  As you know I like to write about happy things and making a good life.  But, as this is Life, there is sometimes bad that comes along with the good.  It does us NO good, to ignore the bad, and the only right thing to do is face it square on.  The best way to do that is through education and action. 

Previously, I have touted my concerns about this big "conspiracy" of elitist groups to rid the planet of "excess population".  I hate that this concept could even be thought of, not to mention remotely true, and I realize that this sounds far-fetched and a bit "Hollywood".  Especially, to those of us raised in such a safe American life-never having experienced true war on our land, or government hostility;  we are not trained to think otherwise.

But having worked closely over the years in my career with the higher-ups at large chemical (Dow, Dow Corning, Eli Lilly, etc.)  and food companies (Kraft, Dawn Foods, Monsanto, etc); Plus, having witness to talks by persons like Bill Gates (at Harvard U), and other world "leaders" through University Channels, such as University of Michigan and Harvard University Political Science Institutions) I am becoming increasingly alarmed at the events that are unfolding that seem to be  bringing these speculations to fruition.

 I must tell you that whether or not they have their facts of dire consequences for the planet with "overpopulation" correct, they (Gates, Obama Administration, UN diplomats, world leaders and the wealthy elite) are pursuing life-altering agendas world-wide to accomplish their goals of reducing the base population. Included in those measures are propagating mass adult and childhood vaccines that will contain harmful and deadly toxins, promulgating wide scale infanticide and abortions and modifying the food chain to ensure the timely death and population reduction-of the masses.

I fully understand that you may feel I am paranoid, or am easily led to believe the fear mongers.  But, I only ask you to think about the matters at hand, watch for more of these type of government controls over health and food, along with the increased build up of domestic armed forces, the recent actions of 'Emergency Management' in many cities (Detroit, at the forefront-which overrules the constitutional rights of the citizens and allows military enforcement)  and the de-arming of American citizens-to prevent a massive rise-up against government authority. 

News Flash:  HIV is so rampant in Africa (funny, why only there really?) because the virus is INSIDE the Hep B vaccines, and it is doled out to them en mass.  HepB is grown inside Ape Organs in 3rd world countries-fact, as all vaccines are grown in live animal and human tissues-including aborted fetuses(thank you, Eli Lilly); it is an Ape Virus that transferred the species barrier when harvested from their organs to then put into humans.  DO NOT give this to your infants! **

More news ...MONSANTO GMO CORN is the main staple given to Africans by their government and causing widespread infertility. A good thing you might think, given the condition of their country.  (But, would their country be in such a pitiful state if it weren't for the corporate farms forcing the mass dependency on government foods and the HIV that started with the vaccines from American Bio companies in the first place!)  Read more about this countries corporate development, when you get a chance.  Something I learned in my International Political Science course at Harvard, is that 3rd world countries are MADE that way, by larger countries and corporations. This is important to understand.

I am not suggesting a revolt...yet. But, merely asking you to be aware of these things, make wise choices and don't be led like lambs to the slaughter...children in tow.  These things are on such a large scale with such powerful forces behind them, that I do not know how to suggest to avoid them. Nor, do I possess at this time the political access that could stand up against such things. Not yet.

Below is a video of Bill Gates in one of his Harvard talks, mentioning the population reduction via vaccines.  (I initially heard of this speech through internal campus talks).  Also, video of a local Midwest Farmer, that will explain (in very clear terms) what he experienced with his pigs and the GMO corn; as well as his interactions with Monsanto, the government, and the media.  This is nothing new, yet greatly unheard of.  You will NOT be hearing of any of this through major news channels.

There are many other sources and videos available on the subject via Google and others.  Remember also, that your ACCESS TO INFORMATION is reliant upon major corporations that are under the influence and control of government actions. RIGHT NOW Google and other search providers are facing terrible legal battles against those trying to squelch the access the public now has.  It is under the guise of a Monopoly suit, but as part of the restrictions in feeding information to favorites, will be government monitoring of published information and site feeds. 

Find YOUR OWN TRUE SOURCES of information, and stay tuned.  Some of the best information will come from independent sources that are too small to be on the radar.

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