Gesang Suolang Rinpoche in her Salt Lake City garden. Iris. Many of you may not know that Gesang Suolang (Margaret Park Esterman) was an avid Gardner and inventor. She actually received patents for some of her...
Gesang Suolang Rinpoche, 1954-2023. The memorial held this morning at the Wasatch Retreat Center in Salt Lake City was a joyful tribute to our friend and vajra sister, Gesang Suolang Rinpoche. Her family, friends...
Carrot-Leek Miso Soup. Another winter comfort soup to warm you on a rainy day. This one I started last night in my crock pot anticipating we might not have power and that was the case. We had just started the Mahakaruna...
Lake at the temple after the first snow runoff in 2022. I am glad we got some photos of the eucalyptus tree by our lake before Mother Nature decided to relocate it. We had a very fierce wind storm this week and it blew...
Sunset on the reclaimed pond after the big rain. The killer storm that hit California was wonderful for us. It was mostly a gentle soaking rain, but enough to give us some beautiful reflections in the pond. You can see...
Roasted Winter Vegetables. Just finished the above lunch on the patio. Spring is in the air–at least for today. I made up a lot of these root vegetables and froze them in packages with enough for two meals...
Egg Sandwich with Microgreens. One of the best use of microgreens is to add them to sandwiches and although it is not shown here, the secret sauce is mayonnaise. You simply clip them and add to any sandwich, even with...
Like Voltaire’s great character, Candide, it is time to cultivate my garden. Someone teased me that my New Year’s resolutions to seek more joy (and I was finding that joy in growing herbs and greens) sounded...