This is a bit plain, so you may need to spice it up a bit, but is really good!

 

Ingredients

1 tablespoon oil      1 minced garlic clove      3 cups zucchini     

2 cups mushrooms      ½ cup onion      1.5 cups tomatoes     

½ teaspoon oregano      ½ teaspoon pepper      ¼ cup Parmesan cheese     

1 cup shredded mozzarella      8 oz corkscrew pasta

Directions

1. Cook pasta for 15 minutes
2. Heat oil in wok, add garlic and cook 15 seconds
3. Cook zucchini for 3 minutes, add mushrooms and onion for 1 minute.
4. Add tomatoes, oregano and pepper cook for 2 minutes
5. Add pasta and parmesan cheese to mixture, add mozzarella and briefly heat until melted and "webby"

Please do not cheat or look ahead, but complete the questions!

 

1. You are walking in the woods. You are not alone. Who is with you?

2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal?

3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing and you see your dream house. What does it look like?

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?

6. You enter the house. You walk into the dining room and see the dining room table, what is on it?

7. You exit the house and a cup is on the ground, what kind is it?

8. What do you do with the cup?

9. You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself standing at a body of water how big is it?

10. How will you cross the water?

 

~ ~ ~ ~ My Answers ~ ~ ~ ~

 

1. You are walking in the woods. You are not alone. Who is with you? My daughter.

2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal?
A squirrel     

3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?
I watch it a while and it scampers about, playing, paying no attention or heed to me

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing and you see your dream house. What does it look like?
An environmental house, unusual looking, but not completely out of place, surrounded by a great many trees, but just enough of a clearing not to be stifled by the woods. A big wrap around porch, with a great big swing.

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?
No, none at all!!!

6. You enter the house. You walk into the dining room and see the dining room table, what is on it? Lots of books strewn all over

7. You exit the house and a cup is on the ground, what kind is it?
A chalice, glass, the one on my altar

8. What do you do with the cup?
Pick it up and fill it with juice and water, then drink from it

9. You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself standing at a body of water how big is it?
It is a huge lake, not great lakes size, but Finger Lakes size

10. How will you cross the water?
There is a canoe there.

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The ANSWERS

1. The person who you are walking in the woods with is the most important to you.

2. The size of the animal is representative of your perception of the size of your problems in your life.

3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal is representative of how you deal with your problems.

4. The size of your dream home is representative of the size of your ambition

5. A lack of a fence is indicative of an open personality. People are welcome at all times. The presence of a fence indicates a closed personality.

6. If your answer did NOT include food, flowers, or people, then you are generally unhappy.

7. The durability of the material with the cup is made of is representative of the perceived durability of your relationship.

8. What you did with the cup is representative of your attitude.

9. The size of the body of water is representative of the size of your sexual desire.

10. The way you cross the body of water is how you live life.

 

Ingredients
2 cups water     2 cups red unpeeled potatoes     1 cup diced carrots
½ cup celery     ¼ cup chopped onion     1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper     ¼ cup all purpose flour     2 cups whole milk
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese     1 cup So Soya/meat     ¾ cup salsa

Directions
1. In a dutch oven combine water, all vegetables - pepper, boil and simmer 10-12minutes
2. Place milk in large sauce pan, gradually add milk, cook for 2 minutes or until thick, add cheese until melted
3. Add SoSoya or meat and cheese mixture to vegetable mixture.
4. Add salsa and stir

Ingredients
1 onion chopped, 1 garlic clove, ½ teaspoon basil, 2 tablespoons oil
2 14oz cans water/broth, 1 ¾ cups water, 1 cup chopped carrots
½ cup barley, 2 small zucchini sliced, 1 can cannellini or any white beans
¼ teaspoon pepper, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1 can diced tomatoes

Directions
1. In a Dutch oven sauté garlic, onion and basil in oil, until onion is tender
2. Add water/broth, carrots and barley, bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes
3. Add zucchini, beans, salt and pepper, cover and simmer 10-15 minutes or until barley is tender
4. Add tomatoes and vinegar, warm and serve

One of the greatest gifts of being Pagan for me, is the gift of understanding life transitions. It goes well beyond a mental comprehension. It is to the point of where it feels so much a part of me, like it is in my DNA.

What I most love about being Pagan, is that I take solace in the slow, constant rhythms of my Deities, the seasons, the moons, the cycles of life - maturity - death and rebirth again. It gives me the security even if Chicken Little yells at the top of his lungs, THE SKY IS FALLING...... it really isn't.

I take the stance, not that "everything is going to be alright", but that there is always a next step, a next cycle of the God/Goddess. Life goes on. I take this to heart whether it is in personal dealings or global warming, there is always another forced pendulum swing. It may not be to my liking, but I will hardly fall off the edge of the world.

Daily stuff does not bother me as much as it used to. I'm realizing the daily ups and downs of life are all a part of a bigger pattern. I'm not talking anything cosmic or Zen like. I'm talking about the bigger pattern in my personal evolution.

I realize no matter how much pleasure or pain I feel it is just a temporary part of the bigger cycles. They each create one another. They are two sides to the same coin. The coin's name is my life.

As a counselor I was forced to become Pagan. Or at least it was a forced choice from deep within me. If you do not learn to adapt to the daily transitions of life that goes on in your client's lives and your own life, you either become an addict yourself or start taking mental health medications. We have the highest addiction and suicide rates in the country.

I've come to really dislike human drama, the lifetime channel or most Reality TV, unless if it is raw competition related. I'm not sure if it is because I'm getting colder and more distant or just more intrigued with the things in life that are beautiful. I enjoy life as a work of art, without the over analyzing or talking/processing it endlessly. I'm enjoying just the acceptance of it all without a need to ask why.

I take solace in being Pagan. I take solace in my smallness, not as a curse or as a need to be saved by some Deity. I take solace in not having to be in the middle of everything, ever arranging life to my liking. I love and accept not being in control. I am comfortable in discomfort and life transitions, for that is a cornerstone of my religion.