My post this morning was a dark passage.  So, let’s lighten things up with the perfect combination of dark and light- the turkey.
People worry about cooking turkey. When done right, it’s easy to deliver an awesomely tasty moist bird.
A well-cooked bird has many different flavors to it. Any spices add to the depth of the meat (instead of just covering the taste of it).
The Secrets
Here are the secrets to the perfect bird:
1. Brining (soaking the bird in a salt and sugar mixture for 24 hours in a refrigerated place).
2. Aromatics …

Yeah- Christmas- 2 weeks away.  Can you believe it? Me neither.
So this is the belated gift guide of Stuff I REALLY Like. Some of it links to Amazon.com, but most of it links directly to the artisans and creators of such coolness…
Please note: I did not get compensated for recommending any of this stuff.  I just love it all.  But if you click and buy anything from Amazon and make a purchase, I get  4%.  So, if you have someone on your list that needs $1.2 Million bucks worth of …

Shawn Colvin struggles with depression, like a lot of us.  She struggles with being here.
I had a client say the other day, “I’m mad because I’m here. I don’t want to be here.”
So, on those days, when I don’t want to be here, I listen to Shawn Colvin, because she captures the wonder and relief that comes when our depression blinders come off.
Here’s the lyrics to : A Whole New You:
You have the right to get down on your kness
you have the right to make yourself believe
you don’t know my …