“You’re happiness does not depend on what others may think, say, or do. Your happiness lies within you and as such you can choose at any moment to be happy. So why, delay? Choose to be happy now and watch your life change. “

Dear Wonderful Reader,

I know it’s not Sunday, but better late than never, right!

Here’s the second part to my Jules Breton’s posts’.  This post will present to you the beautiful, simple women of the French rural scene at various points in their day.

Enjoy…

    Life does not provide us with a manual on how to lead the perfect life. The fact is, that there is no perfect life, but instead a well-balanced life and so often you will find that people strive for perfection when what they should strive for is balance. Even so, once we figure this out, everyone is different. What might work to create a balance for one person, may not work in the exact same way for another so what can we do. While this is true,  I find that there are steps that we can take to find a happy and healthy balance that we can all benefit from in one way or another. The following are 9 steps that can help you create the type of balance that is conducive to leading a happy and healthy life:

1. Think Positively

  The notion of thinking positively…

So yummy

This glaze will work well for almost any meatloaf creation. The one pictured above was 1/2 veal and 1/2 venison with yellow peppers and breadcrumbs to bind it along with a bunch of other spices and such.

The nice thing about this glaze is it is lighter than the standard heavy tomato based types, but sweeter than a brown gravy or pan reduction sauce. It is also really easy to make and would work well for baked chicken or pork. This makes enough to cover about 2 1/2-3 lbs worth of meatloaf.

Sorghum Mustard Glaze

• 2 tbsp sorghum
• 1 tbsp dijon mustard
• 2-3 dashes sriracha sauce
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp fresh rosemary chopped fine
• Salt/pepper

Mix everything together and taste for seasoning. Brush on once meatloaf is almost cooked then return to oven for 15 minutes to set glaze.

I’m creating this Award to celebrate all those wonderful people in the World who spread Light, and Love and Hope and Peace in the name of All.  These bloggers should consistently promote these qualities and work to be a force for peace and light in the world.

The Rules:

1. Thank the person who gives you the award
2. Spread this award around to the people who you know who are doing this work, so that the work continues and the light is spread
3. Let your nominees know
4. Never give up on your fellow human beings

And the very first nominees for the Being a Light in the World Award are:

1. Dr. Rex
2. Shaun
3. HuntForTruth
4. Inavukic
5. Dear Kitty
6. Mungai and the Goa Constrictor
7. Quiall
8. BusyMindThinking
9. SeaAngel4444
10. PurpleRaysblog
11. Al
12. The Libertarian Hippie
13. Moorbey
14. The Unity of Souls
15. Crowing Crone Joss
16. CravesAdventure
17. Cassidy Fraezee
18. Ivonprefontaine
19. SueDreamwalker
20. OldPoet56
21. Michael Lai
22. Willowdot21
23. HitandRun1964
24. Professions for Peace

Sorry friends I couldn’t write a blog for another extra week (after Out of Office-2) as I had mild conjunctivitis. This time I haven’t forgotten, the answer to the question of the week is:

1)      As a weapon

2)      As resonance chambers for making sounds

3)       As an air reserve while under water

So, today’s prehistoric animal is not a dinosaur….. It is… Quetzalcoatlus!!! 

The name Quetzalcoatlus means “Allusion to the serpent god Quetzalcoatl”.  It lived about 80-65 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous Period. Quetzalcoatlus was the largest known flying creature of all time with a wingspan up to 10 metres. It weighed about 100kgs. Its habitat is Inlands, near rivers and lakes. Fossils were found in Texas and Mexico. Quetzalcoatlus flapped its wings to get into the air, but once it was airborne, its huge wings enabled it to soar on currents of warm air. Quetzalcoatlus’s…

The Epilepsy Foundation of America is calling for an end to federal
restrictions on medical marijuana, in light of its potential benefits
for treating uncontrolled epilepsy.

On Thursday, the foundation released a statement pushing for legal access to medical marijuana nationwide.

“If a patient and their doctor feel that marijuana is their best treatment option then they need to have safe, legal access to medical marijuana and they need that access now.”

The statement, written by Epilepsy Foundation CEO Philip M. Gattone and Chair Warren Lammert, notes that clinical trials have already begun on a marijuana-derived chemical called cannabidiol (CBD).

But federal restrictions make studying the chemical unnecessarily difficult, the statement continues. And while Lammert’s daughter is lucky enough to be one of the children enrolled in these trials, many others must wait for final FDA approval.

Some families have uprooted their lives to obtain CBD oil through Colorado’s medical…