Cooking 🧑🍳 with my Sam!
July 24, 2025
Sam wanted to make Korean corn cheese (NYT recipe, thanks for the subscription Grandpa Dan ❤️😉) Then I added Bulgogi Hot Wings and other sides/banchan. Sooooo tasty 🤤 A great fusion feast 👏🏻😋🥘
Author: arabeljelliott
I am a freelance writer, community activist and volunteer. A former social worker and child and family counselor with over 15 years of experience in mental and behavioral health. I am also a crochet fanatic and love walking and yoga.
Summer is ON!
June 18, 2025
Traveled to London recently with my most amazing husband, a little bit of business and a whole lot of fun. The food, the culture, the sights and sounds. It was all so incredible: Portugese tapas, pints at our local, tea at the British Museum, Kew Gardens and more. Every language in the world being shared … More Summer is ON!
Next Steps and New Sights
June 18, 2025
Got a new job, got new directions and I’m living more. November found me in a dark place and the last 6 months I’ve been coming back in to the light. As winter has gone, spring has come and I have reawakened to find the sun (and sometimes rain) of summer. Grateful for all of … More Next Steps and New Sights
Love and Family Valentines!
February 14, 2025
I had one of the best weekends EVER last weekend with my husband (and surprise guests 😜). We went to Washington, DC and stayed at the Tabbard Inn. We have stayed there since 1990’s when we lived in DC and were just starting out. He and and the kids planned ahead and gave me a … More Love and Family Valentines!
Social Media, Changes and Choices
February 7, 2025
The last 3 months have brought many challenges and changes for me, my family, our community and our country. With these changes I will be making more conscious choices with media consumption and engagement. My goal is to remain connected and engaged socially and otherwise and maintain balance and wellness for myself and my family. … More Social Media, Changes and Choices
Doing Nothing Can Be Everything
April 4, 2024
Idleness As Tool Not Trouble Idleness is the state of inactivity, but it does not carry a negative connotation with it definition. That negative connotation is imposed by a moralistic, narrow interpretation of this state of being. The negative associations of being idle are also part of a society that commodifies our being and time, … More Doing Nothing Can Be Everything
No Empty Nest-Harvest Garden
December 31, 2023
A garden has several phases, it doesn’t stop being a garden, or loose it’s purpose, when it enters another phase. Gardens cycle through being planned, prepared, placed, protected, harvested and preserved. I think parenting and making a home is similar. My son graduated college, secured a good job, and recently got his first apartment. My … More No Empty Nest-Harvest Garden
The teachable moment- what’s next?
July 18, 2023
I have been getting a great education this summer on language and relationships from my older children (23yo and 18yo). As their parent, when they were younger, it was important to find those moments when something went well or wrong and turn it into a positive learning experience. The idea of a teachable moment is … More The teachable moment- what’s next?
What You Don’t Want to Hear
July 4, 2023
In an increasingly polarized society, the maxim of agreeing to disagree has become almost impossible for me at times. Issues that matter a great deal to me, and those I know and love near and far, can become the topic of very uncomfortable conversations with close neighbors and even people in my own family. If … More What You Don’t Want to Hear
Celebrate Pride-Happiness and Freedom
June 8, 2023
People who are proud aren’t scared, confused or unhappy. And that terrifies narrow minded, lost people trapped in their own unhappiness. Over the course of my life my naturally happy nature often drew confusing responses from people. They resented it or me, they didn’t understand it or me, they tried to tear it or me … More Celebrate Pride-Happiness and Freedom
