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That's the Way the Cookies Crumble re Bush and Minions, but If You Nibble on Nancy's Own Lemon Ginger Shortbread Cookies the World Will Seem a Little Sweeter

All things Bush gets me so agitated that I cannot stand it. So munching one of Nancy's Own Cookies soothes my fevered brow and makes my heart sing. I like my Nancy's Own Lemon Ginger Shortbread cookies with a cup of fair trade and organic Earl Grey. Delicious! Nancy Newman the baker of these delectable cookies will be offering them in the Vaboomer Book Cafe and Tea Shop in early August when Vaboomer expands. Here is a bit about her.

Nancy Ann Newman, 52, a French-trained chef, has 25 years experience as a cooking instructor.  She has taught home cooks, executives and children.  She has also been the Executive Chef for corporations in NYC and NJ. She has also spent over two years substituting in public school system in grades K-12. She has two children ages 10 and 13 and teaches privately to others individually or in groups. She is now in process of creating live-stream cooking classes to reach a larger audience.  She bakes and sells cookies called Nancy's Own.  They are: Lemon Ginger Shortbread, Cheddar Shortbread with Spiced Pecans, Crispy Chocolate Chip and Almond Crisps with Chocolate Mint Kisses. She attended La Varenne in Paris and worked at Peter Kump's and the Institute for Culinary Education in Manhattan for 15 years.

She was with King's in New Jersey for eight years.  Her experience includes a stint at Ladies Home Journal and with an interior design firm in Manhattan, L.I., and Connecticut for two years.  Nancy’s Own Cookies Lemon Ginger Shortbread cookies are a delectable 2-bite delight. Melt-in-your-mouth texture with a delicious ping of lemon and a back hint of ginger. Try with a steaming cup of Earl Grey. As a technical note for lemon ginger cookies-they are made with a coarse Caribbean "spiced" lemon sugar and crystallized ginger.  This makes them extra flavorful, and crispy. 

The Crispy Chocolate Chip cookies are made with a "secret " ingredient to make them richer and with organic chocolate chips. They would go fine with a steaming mug of fair trade organic java!

The Almond Crisps are topped with a chocolate mint kiss and are studded with chunks of almonds. The Cheese Short Biscuits are meltingly fine with aged Cabot cheddar and topped with spicy pecans. Rich and delicious with a tickle of heat.

The Homemade Healthbars are nutritionally packed with Irish oatmeal, applesauce, orange zest, and raisins.  At only 103 calories, 3 g. fat, these bars will add fiber and be a good energy source.
I'll be on the road for the next 3-4 days on our way to MICH. I'll try to post from the road. That will be a new one for me.

In the meantime think sweet cookies--not Bush and his waning days of presidency.

Sometimes You Just Got to Say It No Matter How Foolish You Might Seem

Malvonia came out of recovery last week singing. Her doctors called her a miracle patient. The liver transplant took and a week and two days after surgery she was home. I visited her July 4th and while she was resting and I was outlining my vision for an expanded Vaboomer next month and how I thought she would be part of it, her sister  came in to her bedroom. Linda looked at me and said, "You are a prophetess." I gaped. Then she drilled me with dead serious eyes and said, "You know who you are."

I want to squirm away from her flat definitive delivery. This is way too much like church revival talk for my comfort. I am pinned dead center--no wiggle room. No duck and shuffle. No aw shucks, 'mam. No embarrassed giggle, no modest brushing away of her naming. I am seen. I am called forth to be who I feel myself to be.

Yes, I do know who I am. And I can see. I can see pain. I can see truth. I can see hurt. I can see love. I can see misery. I can see anger. I can see real effort. I can see injustice. I can see honesty and lying. I can see beauty. I can see need. I can see tremulous hope--aching for a flicker of recognition. I can see talent. And I can see some of the path ahead.

I do see I have a calling--a mission to save lives by creating a channel for the treasures of the heart to flow into the world and the world's treasures to return in accord.

We who have dwelled in the inner darkness of injury and suffering require a way for that muted, damped, veiled, obscured brilliance to shine forth.

The expansion of Vaboomer next month is one means for that light to shine.

Wow! that was serious, but I had to say it.

Now here is what is coming in early August--a Suite of Viosks (virtual kiosks) all (va)Boomer created and produced

Vaboomer Book Cafe and Tea Shop--offering books, fair trade coffees and teas, delicious cookies and chocklates, hand made coffee mugs and antique tea cups and linens

Vabooming Times Two Galerie--offering original paintings, fiber arts, photography, ceramics

Club Gig--offering original R&B, Jazz, Rock and Roll

Words of the Wise Education Center--offering teleseminars on all things boomer and vaboomer--from sex to wealth to heart health to launching an acting career

Nostalgia Central--offering goods from tie dyed onesies to unique photos of Jazz greats to oldies and goodies LPs

If You Are Native American or Part Native American--4th of July Is Bittersweet

Something to think about...the national holiday is a bittersweet one for those of us of partial Native American heritage.I'm a little bit Cherokee and always have mixed feelings about celebrating a holiday that marks the demise of native people's nations...

The 4th of July celebrates the conquest of native peoples here and the theft of their lands.

But then from the perspective of my polyglot European heritage, I am thrilled that my ancestors could leave what ever difficulties they were facing in northern Europe and come to these shores. Like most things in life--this is complex and complicated.

I do love getting together with friends and hearing those firecrackers--sometimes I imagine its rifle shots of my native ancestor ghosts

picking off another paleface!!

Cloudy Day today Made Me Think About Groundhogs. I'd Rather Be A BOOMER Goddess!!!Than a Groundhog

Where did the ritual of Groundhog day come from???

See below for an interesting book on the subject. Just crossed my mind. Been meaning to post this for several weeks. Enjoy.

Going to see Young@heart. I'll let you know how it was.

Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies and the Coca-Cola Company

http://originsofholidays.com/home/home/

Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies and the Coca-Cola Company

Year after year, many of us perform holiday rituals with little understanding of their meaning, or feeling for their purpose. A part of us yearns to understand how and why these special days originated.

What does May Day have to do with a celebration of human sexuality and Roman prostitutes? Where did Valentine's Day come from - did the greeting card companies, chocolatiers and florists create it, or is there something original, pure, or even carnal about it?

"Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies, & the Coca-Cola Company" uncovers why humans have a need to mark certain days of the year. It considers how these celebrations could enhance our everyday lives if we understood the purpose they once served.

This book digs through mythology, history, politics, and psychology to discover the elusive origins and meanings of many of our modern holidays. It connects the holidays to the cycles of nature and the human psyche. It reveals how holidays have been manipulated over time to serve certain religious, political and commercial causes.

My fertility is long past, but my fertile creativity is in full vavavaboom! How about YOURS?