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By: My FollowFriday Tweeps | Escaping Mediocrity

My FollowFriday Tweeps | Escaping Mediocrity — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:56:33 +0000

[...] can say about you). Which is reason enough to follow her in my book. BUT, she also loves making Miss Prather’s Poundcake and is working out how we can turn it into a business card. Smarts, creativity and a fab sense of [...]

By: Nazima Ali

Nazima Ali — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:50:56 +0000

Yum! Can't wait to try this recipe out. What an absolutely lovely memory and a great post. So many every day things that can soothe us when we're in a crap place. Thanks for the reminder.

By: Loi Laing

Loi Laing — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:58:28 +0000

My grandmother taught me how to bake when I was 5 years old and I've never stopped, even though everything I bake now is vegan. There was always love and good food in her kitchen. Baking is meditation for me. Whenever I'm feeling stressed, baking always takes my consciousness to a place where all is well in my world. When I was pregnant, my mother gained almost as much weight as I did, because I baked EVERY day!

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By: sarahrobinson

sarahrobinson — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:55:57 +0000

Jack I cannot begin to tell you how much your comment – and your subsequent blog post – mean to me on so many levels. Your memory is as rich and moving as mine – and I feel certain your great aunt and my aunt were kindred spirits. Thank you for sharing it with The Tribe – and me.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:35:06 +0000

Oh Jack – what a beautifully written comment. It sounds like your Great Aunt and My Aunt were cut from the same bolt of cloth. My other aunt made homemade Peppermint ice cream with candy canes she squirreled away from Christmas. And yes – I think the baking and cooking did soothe their spirits so they could find the strength to go out and lift others up. So well said. Thank you for such a gift.

By: The Founding Spirit

The Founding Spirit — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:30:55 +0000

[...] me encourage you to visit Sarah’s website, Maverick Mom. One of her recent posts, Cake, is especially scrumptuous. Her post exudes wisdom as she teaches us the value of being present [...]

By: Jack King

Jack King — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:15:34 +0000

Sarah, your post brings back a flood of wonderful memories! My fondest relates the persistence and patience of my great aunt to her love for others and her desire for us to never stop learning. As a youngster, I would watch in awe as she would shake and shift, blend and stir countless ingredients to create the perfect cake—a peppermint candy cake (made from hand-crushed soft peppermint candy sticks)! Times deep in the hills of Tennessee were tough in those days; the family didn’t have much but you were certainly welcome to whatever was there. Peppermint candy sticks were a luxury. Perhaps for this reason her cakes were all the more delicious. No one loves peppermint more than me but I suppose the real reason those cakes tasted so good was because you were sure to find a generous helping of love mixed in with all of the flour and sugar. I learned much from my great aunt during those visits to her rustic home in the hills. Among other things, I discovered the Joy of baking. More importantly, from her example, I learned to sift out the finer moments in life. There is a serenity of sorts concealed in the hustle and bustle of baking. In these precious moments, she reflected … and she shared. Serving others, even if it was with a piece of peppermint candy cake, took priority over her personal needs—she could always tend to those later. Baking, I’m sure, gave her a way to find herself again, and to find her perpetual strength to continue lifting everyone else above the fray in their lives. My great aunt faced many struggles herself along the way (she is in her eighties now), but she always comes through with a smile and a warm heart—and, at times, a very yummy peppermint candy cake! Thank you, Sarah for the warmth and love you cooked up in this post! I can’t wait to bake Miss Prather’s Pound Cake … and teach my own little girls a few lessons a very wonderful lady taught me long ago; among them, the importance of a smile and a warm heart filled to overflowing with love for others.

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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:25:56 +0000

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By: Janet W

Janet W — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:17:24 +0000

It's all about the ritual. When our lives get crazy, how comforting to fall back on ritual. What a relief to immerse yourself into a short-term project with tangible results. My soul-healing ritual is stitching by hand – and, in case I need to specify, that means BY HAND, without a sewing machine. It's definitely a zen thing.