Chavah's Ruminations

Hearts, Hearts, Hearts

Hearts:  such an archetypal, timeless, classic image.  I have often felt a bit ambivalent about hearts, although I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the anatomical hearts and on...

The Year of the Rooster: 2017

Happy Chinese New Year!  This year, 2017, is a year of the rooster. So what is the rooster associated with in Chinese thought?  The rooster is the only bird in...

Mother's Day Gifts for Foodie and Gardening Moms

Calling all daughters and sons with foodie and gardening moms!   Here's a round up of some fun gifts that you can either make (like Mom's the Bomb cake) or buy...

Foodie Father's Day Gifts

For all those foodie, grilling, cooking, dicing, chopping, whipping up something incredible, chef dads out there, here are a few foodie gift ideas for Father's Day.   1)  Any three...

Beautiful Usefulness: Foodie or Gardener Weddi...

'Tis wedding season, and of course we all need the occasional nudge in a new gift direction.    When my husband and I got married, most people knew we were foodies...