Blog - Patty Grasher

Recreating a 1908 Vancouver Cookbook, One Chapter at a Time

I seem to have zero energy but I have started a tiny new project. When I first came to Vancouver

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My Journey to Write a Cozy Mystery

This is probably going to be very boring to 99.9 percent of the world. Maybe I should make that 99.99999

Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online for all Ages

Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online Playing free jigsaw puzzles online offers a wealth of benefits, making it a valuable pastime for

Detours & Side Trips

So I am bit more spasmodic with my daily as usual but continuing on. Since I always have a good

Nothing & Everything

Play this as a Puzzle Yesterday started out a bit crazy and then continued crazy until finally life returned to

Vancouver Ghosts with Jeff Davis

Ghosts in Vancouver, Washington An October Sunday afternoon was particularly spooky as a small group gathered at Covington House for

Kindness brightens like Sunshine

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Kindness is spreading Sunshine into other people’s lives regardless of the weather” RAKtivist Sunshine Thoughts: I

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Be silly.\” Be honest. Be kind.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Sunshine Thoughts: Today was a run around

How to be kind

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “We are made kind by being Kind” Frederick William Faber Sunshine Thoughts: Here is a wonderful

Kind words produce happiness

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Kind words produce happiness” Frederick William Faber Sunshine Thoughts: I am going to try to stick

My religion is kindness

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” Dalai Lama Sunshine Thoughts: Ok – I

Two factors to create Enthusiasm

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: ENTHUSIASM Can be aroused by two things: FIRST an idea which takes the imagination by storm;

The real secret of success

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “The real Secretof Success isEnthusiasm!”Walter P Chrysler Sunshine Thoughts: Here is the recipe for the Beet

Happy Fourth of July!

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”If you want to be HAPPYBe\”Leo Tolstoy Sunshine Thoughts: Fourth of July – looking forward to

Ring around the Crazies – we all fall down

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream.” C.S. Lewis

Kindness is never wasted

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”No act of kindnessno matter how smallis ever wasted.\”Aesop Sunshine Thoughts: Nice weekend. Listening to some