Everyday I am reminded of how important the small moments and connections are to feeling heavenly. And family. So why Prune Danish? I live in Cary NC a beautiful city with flowers on the side of the road, lots of Chinese restaurants, ethnicity, art flicks, and lot’s of families.

This summer has been filled with lots of company and family at our house including my parents, Herb age 90 and Gloria age 84. It was truly a blessing spending 5 weeks with them. I am 55 and I hope everyone can have the experience of spending time with the parents later in life.

My dad Herb and mom Glorida and daughter Dara

Anyway my dad loves bagels every morning with his coffee for breakfast. He is a carboholic. One precious Sunday morning I visited our local NY Bagel store once again to buy a few of those delectable bread treats. As I approach the counter of this very busy establishment, ready to pick out the dozen bagels my breath is taken away and I gasp. In the counter amongst all the beautiful Sunday morning sweets is Prune Danish. Do you have any idea how happy my dad, a 90 year old Jewish man from NY would be with a Prune Danish? Well let me tell you, very!

It is not just any Danish it is a tradition. Its sweet, has memory of the old days and it helps, its friendly medicine. I was thrilled and full of joy with the thought of getting this for him. When it was my turn to order and be helped I could not control myself. I started with the Danish. I even almost forgot the bagels. The owner of the store was actually the one to help me. You should have seen her face when I told her about my dad and the Danish. She beamed from ear to ear.

Ain’t life grand? Just think about it. Prune Danish brought so much pleasure into so many lives. Heaven is that tickle, beam of light, that shooting star, and a Prune Danish.

Bye for now,

marilyn

PS  Here is what seems to be a simple recipe for the heavenly danish

http://www.best-bread-recipes.com/danish-pastry-recipe.html

Enjoy!

Because of all the talk about “green”, “being green”, “going green”, and “sustainability”, “homes”, “jobs”, “planet earth” etc, I was with a friend the other day talking about Earthday and our state of being when the words “green lovin” came to me out of the blue. I know where it came from I just don’t know what it means. So I laughed and thought is there such a thing. Hopefully you are smiling right about now. What I do know is that it is something. So I decided to blog about it. I am going to write what I think it is and I ask everyone reading this to add your thoughts and comments. Let’s keep this thread going.

To me green lovin is good pure love. A love that is coming from the earth. It’s natural and organic with spontaneity and joy.

What do you think?

Warmly,

Marilyn