Catching Up – What’s Next?

Catching Up – What’s Next seemed to be an appropriate blog title to explain the barrage of book reviews – more variety coming! Like almost everyone else I know, I’ve had pandemic brain and world event shell-shock. It’s my goal to catch up on my review obligations, so that I can enjoy this summer without…

Category: Books, Food, Garden, Life through the Lens, News

New Year Excitement Earned One Day at a Time

New Year Excitement earned one day at a time was our motto for 2018. We feel so blessed to have choices, but sometimes a year challenges some of our goals. This is how ours flowed into the New Year with renewed hope. (I found this post when I was preparing my 2019 wrap-up for 2020…

Category: Food, Garden, Life through the Lens, News, Travel

A Zestful New Year and Plans for 2016!

Don’t you just love a New Year full of possibility? I love the freshness of a New Year because we have a clean slate to do whatever we want. A New Year is exciting and full of hope. It’s a chance to fix what we’ve messed up in the past, as well as projecting the…

Category: Books, Food, Garden, Latest News, News, Recipe, TBR Mountain Range Challenge 2016, Travel

Ohio Farm Share Experiment ends with New Beginning!

I can’t believe we’re already in our final week of our Ohio Farm Share Experiment that began 22 weeks ago in June, 2015. I have some exciting news about what’s next so keep reading! This week we’re astounded by the HUGE Broccoli head we received in our Farm Share. I can’t say that I’ve ever…

Category: Food, News, What's for Dinner?

The Zest Quest debuts in pursuit of a zestful life!

Launch week is here and I’m so excited! The Zest Quest is a dream that has taken years to develop in my mind and heart. Although the site will focus on Food, Garden, Travel and Books, I have a special spot called Life Through the Lens, where you can view the world as I do…

Category: Life through the Lens, News

CSA Farm Share Experiment Week One

I have wanted to join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) since I first heard the term, when I went through Ohio State University’s training for master gardeners. I live in the city but I grew up in the country. My great-grandparents lost their farm due to a bad business deal early in their marriage, but…

Category: Food, News

The Zest Quest began when I was six-years-old

I was six or seven-years-old when my grandparents sold their home and many of their possessions in order to follow their dream of moving to Florida to retire. Unfortunately, Grandpa had a heart attack and passed away right before they began their journey. My grandmother eventually moved to Florida, but not before she had to…