Do you keep your reading Local?
Today on the Laundry Line I am giving a big shout out to Berkshire Local She-ro, Amy Cotler.
Storey Publishing published Amy’s book “The Locavore Way” in 2009. The well illustrated book is filled with great information on how to eat locally sourced foods and support community based agriculture wherever you live.
Included on Amy’s page of thanks, is my collaborator, Karen Arp-Sandel. Karen must have cooked up some of Amy’s recipes. Aside from being a fervent FeMail artist, teacher and yogini, Karen is a wonderful cook.
Two women and a wheelbarrow full of creativity centered around our most basic task as humans, which is to feed ourselves and sustain our health and well being with nutrition. What a great combination.
In the next weeks, I will be featuring other local authors from the Berkshires.
There are so many. Writers find many warm spots to share their words here in the Berkshires, like at the Tuesday Night Writer’s Room at ybar in Pittsfield.
I have my own venue for featuring some local wonders at ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes: an evening of mothers reading to others’ on Friday March 2, 2012. The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers is hosting us at Blodgett Hall on the campus of Simon’s Rock College of Bard. Please join us if you can. Turn to the ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes’ page here on LLD for all the details and read the blog posts there.
This week’s blog post is from Lissa Rankin, M.D. of Owning Pink – and aside from meaning Medical Doctor; M.D. also stands for magnificent dame! Lissa is a friend through The School of the Womanly Arts in NYC. Lissa is a mother, artist and well spoken advocate for women’s health.
Lissa has written an important and useful book called What’s Up Down There? Questions You’d Only Ask Your Gynecologist if She Was Your Best Friend.
Our Sunday night dinner with Shar, Susan, Abbey, Jeff and Melinda.
Here is Lissa and me with some other dear friends in Miami last year.
How about you? Are you reading any of your local authors? I would love to hear about them here.
Be well.
Love, S
January 13th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
I devoured Amy’s Locavore Way, whole! It was a savory read. Yes, I was a recipe tester and frequent guest in Amy’s sociable kitchen for our Book Group and celebratory gatherings with delicious creations.
Local Artist and international workshop presenter Linda Novick wrote a great book for all of us artist seekers called “The Painting Path : Embodying Spiritual Discovery through Yoga, Brush and Color”. You’ll want to pick up your brush and get started when you read it! ” The Sweater Chop Shop” by our fabulous Crispina French is a great DIY guide for making one-of-a-kind clothes! Recycle, reuse- repurpose!I hope you will read some of these local Gems!
xo karen
January 13th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Thanks for all the leads Karen. I had Crispina’s book in mind and will add Linda’s to the list. What was one of your favorite recipes by Amy? Her fruit kuchen…I can’t recall- but I sampled it at the Farmer’s Market and then went right home to make it myself- excellent recipe. I will find it. I am so glad you stopped in! Love, Suzi
January 14th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
What an interesting thought, to keep reading local. Thank you, sweet Suzi! I have been pouring over your latest gift, looking at the pictures, swimming in your life. It is a lovely swim…
January 23rd, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Kathy, I hope there is no need for a life jacket. Realize I did not label every photo…leaving room for your imagination to play! xo S
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Very interesting subject , thankyou for posting . “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” by Mark Twain.
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