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Archives for April 2012

Tis The Season

By Gay Barefield Leave a Comment Apr 22

Tis The Season

At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.~Michael Pollan

Can you hear it? No I haven’t jumped ahead 8 months and hear Jingle Bells. What I do hear is the emergence of fresh fruits and veggies, bursting forth in this glorious Spring, ready for the picking and eating.

Spring cleaning can also apply to your eating habits and what better time to make some changes and clean up your diet. In the next couple of weeks, farmers markets everywhere will be opening up and selling their first round of fresh produce.

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War Of Words

By Gay Barefield Leave a Comment Apr 10

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya Angelou

I have been bombarded by words lately; beautiful ones, grammatically correct ones, encouraging ones, ugly ones and difficult ones. All of them affect me in different ways, ranging from loving the words to disagreeing with the words to embracing the words. Some of these words are mine, some are not but all have an impact on my life and the lives of others.

When we choose the words we want to say, do we think about the impact?« Continue »

Stepping Outside The Box

By Gay Barefield Leave a Comment Apr 2

Stepping Outside The Box

“I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people’s limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.” ~Oprah

You have spring cleaned your closet, put some of your past to rest and realigned the priorities in your life, so now what? What would happen if you “stepped outside the box” and did something that you really didn’t think you could do?

Sometimes when we do all of “life’s housekeeping” we stop the momentum in mid-stream, thinking that we are done, sitting back and waiting for good things to happen. But are we really done?  Why did we create all of this space if not to pursue something we crave and never had the courage to do?« Continue »

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World Central KitchenWorld Central KitchenI believe that food, shelter and water are basic rights for every human on this planet. Jose’ Andres’ and his WCK group step in to provide beautiful, nutritious food during disasters, the pandemic, and any other opportunity where people need to be fed.Learn More Foothills Humane SocietyFoothills Humane SocietyThis is my local shelter, in Columbus, NC, doing a wonderful job at remaining as close to 100% no kill as possible. Animals make us more human and I believe in adopting not shopping for pets, saving a life with a new beginning.Learn More Trees, Water & People Trees, Water & People Caring for Mother Earth by planting trees, helping people live sustainably and decreasing our carbon footprint are things that I see as very important for the next seven generations.Learn More Lakota Law ProjectLakota Law ProjectI have a strong kinship to Native people and this group works to change many of the injustices done to the first people that still go on today, such as the right to vote.Learn More

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