Month: March 2018

Mint Chocolate Chip Shamrock Mini Cakes

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Mint chocolate chip cake is made from white cake mix, mint extract, and grated semi sweet chocolate. Mix the cake batter according to the directions on the box add mint extract and the grated chocolate just before pouring baking pans.  A few drops of green food coloring is optional.

I have collected many baking mold pans over the years.  This make holidays fun. It only takes a cake mix and some sprinkles to make the occasion special.  This pan makes 6 of these shamrock mini cakes.  It is an Wilton aluminum pan that doesn’t have nonstick coating on it.  I found it at a thrift store about 25 years ago and there is a 1983 date stamped on it .  I can usually get about 12 cakes from a cake mix with this pan.

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Card of the Day – The Sun – Saturday, March 3, 2018

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While it has not been easy to get to this place, there is favor being shown to you by the Universe. I always say the Sun card does not appear often enough, but when the Sun comes out it fills us with positivity, as the clouds of life dissipate and our light is permitted to shine forth for all to see.

Today is a Saturday, so it is possible you may even have some good, old-fashion fun on your agenda. Every day, remember to embrace the positive light of the Universe, and allow yourself to soak up the vitality it has to offer, and, in turn, spread that sunshine wherever you may go.

See you here tomorrow!

Source: Ramona Sczcerba

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Daily Words of the Buddha for March 03, 2018

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Pāli Word a Day for March 03, 2018 — tathatā — state of being such, such-likeness, similarity, correspondence

Sabbattha ve sappurisā cajanti.
Na kāmakāmā lapayanti santo.
Sukhena phuṭṭhā atha vā dukhena
na uccāvacaṃ paṇḍitā dassayanti.

The good renounce (attachment for) everything.
The virtuous do not prattle with a yearning for pleasures.
The wise show no elation or depression
when touched by happiness or sorrow.

Dhammapada 6.83
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

Elderflower

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Elder is such a beautiful plant and so versatile as medicine. Sambucus nigra, is a large shrub that grows to between 5-10 feet and in the spring has lovely white flowers that grow in clusters at the end of branches. Each of these flowers turns into a little berry which can be used as medicine as well. When wildcrafting, birds usually get to the berries before us so if you want to get the berries tie a little cheese cloth around the flower clusters before they go to fruit to try to keep out some birds.

*Elder branches have been used to make Pan-pipes and other simple flutes*

Flowers are much easier to collect than the berries because we like the flowers, and so do the bees, but other animals do not. You want to collect the flowers when about 70% of the flowers are open in a cluster…

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Fast Food Friday – Amelia’s Awesome Graham Cracker Pie Crust

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Some people like to buy pre-made graham cracker pie crust but this recipe from Amelia is so good and so easy to make that, once you’ve had it, you’ll never buy pre-made again.  This has been my go-to recipe for years and there is never a shortage of compliments on how good it is.

Just a little warning – don’t sample the crust before it makes it into the pan because you will end up eating the whole crust with a spoon.

Amelia’s Awesome Graham Cracker Pie Crust

1 1/4 cups (1 1/2 packages or 27 squares) graham crackers
3 Tablespoons sugar
6 Tablespoons melted buter

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Select pan you want to make crust in.  Using a food processor or a large Ziploc bag and rolling pin, crush graham crackers into crumbs.  In a medium sized bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs and sugar until well combined…

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Making A Sea Altar

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An altar dedicated to the sea is a great way to connect and honor to it especially if you’re landlocked; but you might ask yourself: “How do I make one?” Well, you’d make it like you’d make any altar but you are going to need certain things to make it. Don’t worry, I’ll include where to find the items listed.

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Originally posted by colourlessdreams

Must Haves:

  • Seashells
    If you’re landlocked most craft stores sell seashells, especially around the summer season. (HOWEVER DO NOT BUY NAUTILUS SHELLS, THEY’RE ENDANGERED.)
  • Sea salt
    Can be found at your local supermarket.
  • Homemade salt water
    Mix sea salt and water together and bam, there ya go.
  • Full Moon water
    You can make full moon water from the comfort of your home.
  • Seaweed snacks
    If you have a Wegmans around your area I know most of them sell organic seaweed snacks.
  • Sand
    Can be found at…

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Card of the Day – 5 of Swords – Friday, March 2, 2018

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After yesterday’s Full Moon in Virgo, I do feel the need to mention the combative energy of this card. You know how I always caution against fighting at the time of a Full Moon. Not engaging in the fight, or any type of altercation, can be in your best interest, for sometimes the victory may only be temporary.

The very battle in which you are engaged can be one which comes from within your soul. Yesterday, we saw the Devil card, and everyone has some form of demon they wish to conquer, and, today you may find you can successfully do so. I do not feel this is a win-at-all-costs vibe, because it serves you no long-term purpose at this time, and your ability to overcome something and achieve a victory for yourself, is one which you hope to do for the long haul. Take whatever victory comes your way…

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Daily Words of the Buddha for March 02, 2018

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Pāli Word a Day for March 02, 2018 — jita — conquered, subdued, mastered:

Selo yathā ekaghano vātena na samīrati,
evaṃ nindāpasaṃsāsu na samiñjanti paṇḍitā.

Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm,
even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.

Dhammapada 6.81
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

MARIE MOORE MARCH 01,2018 DAILY HOROSCOPE

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#♈ARIES
You can be very creative with this energy, or coming up with money making ideas. Or finding unusual ways to get your way. You can be creative on ways to save money or even help your money situation grow. You can be awfully bashful around your crush, or you can be more concern about what others think of you

#♉TAURUS
You need to allow others to come to their own conclusion, or you may have to be open to a new way of thinking or doing things. You can be receiving great advice from those who have been there and don’t that. It’s advice that you listen to what they say. So you don’t repeat their mistakes

#♊GEMINI
You may want to keep your nose clean today or watch what you say to others, because you can be involved in some kind of scandal today. This can be also…

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Daily Words of the Buddha for March 01, 2018

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Pāli Word a Day for March 01, 2018 — nirodha — the cessation

Hitānukampī sambuddho
yadaññamanusāsati,
anurodhavirodhehi
vippamutto tathāgato.

When the Buddha teaches others
he does so out of compassion,
because the Tathagata is wholly freed
from both favour and aversion.

Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.150
Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika

Card of the Day – The Devil – Thursday, March 1, 2018

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Full Moon blessings to all! Today is the first of two Full Moons this month (welcome to March, by the way), this one being in the sign of Virgo. Considering that Full Moons themselves represent cycles, culminations, and especially letting go, this seems to be the perfect card for this time. Our actions and choices have consequences, and the blame can not be placed upon another, rather, it lies within our ability to choose and understand cause and effect.

In some ways, I feel as though this could go both ways today. Full Moons can cause us to succumb to the temptations we struggle with in life, whether it be drugs, alcohol, food, gambling, or technological devices. But, we also have the ability right now to let go and break free, and something tells me that the events happening now represent that for each of you, what you are breaking…

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