Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Red Peas for Good Luck in the New Year

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Lisa Orwig

Did you eat your New Year’s Day peas?  When I was growing up, my mother made peas every New Year’s day – green, from a can.  In fact, all vegetables during my growing up years came from a can – … Continue reading →

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Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Lisa Orwig

When I say Christmas you probably think of sweets, sparkles, Santa, baking, gathering, sharing, and probably even yard blow-up decorations, (especially if you live in Dallas, those blow up things are EVERYWHERE).  But, if you live in New Mexico, Christmas … Continue reading →

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Fresh, Vitamin Rich Juice

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Lisa Orwig

I hope you aren’t going to be let down that I’m following up last weeks compelling chronicles of the past month with a boring post about juicing.  I’ll try to make juicing as gripping as possible, but really, just how … Continue reading →

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Hatch Green Chile & Cheddar Quiche

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Lisa Orwig

This is the time of year when I go to the grocery store, step out of my car, and the air is infused with the scent of roasting chiles.  It’s a heady, peppery smell that let’s me know it’s Hatch … Continue reading →

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Curried Onion & Goat Cheese Galette

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Lisa Orwig

On Saturday night, we hosted a dinner party for two women we didn’t know with some other women we did know.  How do you host a dinner party for women you don’t know?  Let me tell you how we got … Continue reading →

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Catahoulas, Hummingbirds, & Bears Oh My!

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Lisa Orwig

I’ve been alone out here in the mountains this week while Rhonda has been in Dallas working.  With our brood of eight animals someone has to stay behind and manage the clan.  That someone is me.  This is an every … Continue reading →

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