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Chocolate Chip Cookies, Not Re-Inventing The Wheel And A Garden

I have a collection of chocolate chip cookie recipes as they were my children’s favorites so will add this one because those cookies look good. So glad spring has finally found you. Your garden is lovely. Mine not planted yet but I have had some daffodils and my periwinkle are in bloom so we are getting there.

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IMG_0910Chocolate chip cookies are iconic, delicious and probably the most made cookie in the US. There are probably as many recipes as there are cookies made, well maybe not but close. I have a couple of recipes that I like to use and they always produce a great cookie. The other day I got an email from King Arthur flour, The Bakers Catalog disecting, demystifying and decoding the chocolate chip cookie.

It is actually a great article with suggestions for different types of cookies from chewy and soft to crisp and crunchy. I decided that I would make her favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and see what all the hype is about. I was a little put off that it contains some shortening, mind you I have nothing against vegetable shortening but really like my cookies made using only butter for the most part. This uses butter and shortening…

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Happy Magic

The Non-Believer and the Desperate Hour

This is an amazing post. For me it is a reminder that our inner being will always finds ways to let us know that as long as our choices reflect our true self it is the right one, no matter who else does not respect our choice.

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“Desperation can make a person do surprising things.”
~ Veronica Roth

*This post is a continuation from yesterday’s The Non-Believer and The Amazing Offer

Sunday was a rare crisis-of-faith day for me. I’d slept poorly for days, I was churned with anxiety over a job offer from my old life, and I was wondering if what I did really made a difference in the world. Even more than that, at nearing fifty years of age, I still struggle at times with having a parent who does not accept what I do as a psychic and is not proud of me, but who would be if I went back to the corporate world. (I know… but my job is always to be truthful with you, so there it is. It creates a sucking sadness in me that dulls and roars in turn, and I never quite know what might…

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Feline Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Informative Post, Thanks