Tend to Your Soul

I'm over at Lisa Dieken's very cool blog today. Her blog is http://tendtoyoursoul.blogspot.com/

Reflections on

*Creativity *Inspiration
*Fun *Magic
*Feeling Good
*Manifesting your Dreams
*Embodying Abundance
*Law of Attraction
*Consciousness - Waking Up!
*Union with the Divine

She asked some important questions, plus she gave me some thoughtful plugs. Thanks Lisa!

Lisa:  "Being creative is the ultimate high of being alive" from page 2 of "The Awe-manac - A Daily Dose of Wonder". Would you talk about your thoughts of creativity being important even to one who isn't in a "creative" career like writing, dancing, painting, sculpture, music, photography, etc.?

Jill: Well, okay. The flump (financial slump) we are in is requiring creativity from everyone. Continued here.

She also had me do one of today's prompts. I've put what I answered, what would YOU answer?

What would one of your made up holidays be? (Include its name, the way it should be celebrated, ceremonies or rituals, decorations, costumes and food to be consumed.)
The Awe-manac already has several of my made-up holidays, she said crankily, but if I were to add another one it would be Lie on the Ground and Look Up Through the Trees Day. It should be celebrated by finding your favorite tree; putting a comfy quilt on the ground, lying down and looking up through the tree into the sky (make sure there's no birds directly overhead). Everyone would do this at their favorite time of the day and write poetry, prose or song, or paint something inspired by the view and then meet with their friends for dinner to share. Dinner would traditionally end with peach cobbler (because peaches come from trees you can look up into... apple pie would work too but peach cobbler is more traditional for this... new holiday).

Comments

[Diane Scalia]

Hi Jill and Lisa!

I love that new holiday, and as a chef who has a passion for a very simple peach cobbler that one of my angels-in-skin shared with me years ago (and it has never yielded less than spectacular reviews)...I thought your fans would love the recipe; it's so simple everyone can make it! There's only 3 ingredients! And, on a particularly creative day, feel free to add a splash of amaretto and some almonds, maybe some dried peach pieces to add interest or even some fresh chunks when in season! Cherries and raspberries also add interest and a beautiful blush color. Here is the basic recipe:

Lynn's Peach Cobbler

1 32-oz can peach slices in heavy syrup
1 box yellow or white cake mix
1 cube butter, cut in about 16 pieces

Preheat oven to 375 degrees (Farenheit), and coat a 9x13x2 glass or metal pan lightly with cooking spray.

Drain and reserve syrup from peaches. Place peach pieces evenly in bottom of prepared baking pan. With fingers, break up any clumps in cake mix, then sprinkle cake mix very evenly over peaches. Gently spoon reserved syrup around corners of pan, over cake mix, then gently drizzle some syrup over entirety of surface with large spoon. Do not saturate cake mix; you may not need to use all the syrup; discard remainder. Place butter pieces scatteredly on top of cake.

Bake for about 40 minutes, until top is lightly browned. Serve warm or at room temperature. Yields about 12-16 servings.

Especially yummy served with whipped or ice cream!