Essay
Unlocking the Art of Vegan Baking
Hi, lovely readers! I’m Keira Fisher, a 35-year-old wellness enthusiast and passionate foodie, always on the lookout for ways to make life healthier yet still delicious. Recently, I dove into The Veganize Baking Cookbook, a resource designed to help transform traditional baking recipes into fully plant-based delights. This journey has been more than just a culinary experiment; it has been a reflection on how small changes in our daily lives can lead to big transformations. From learning new baking techniques to embracing plant-based living, this book opened doors to new possibilities I hadn’t imagined. Here’s my honest review based on my experience with the book, a few real-life moments that inspired my vegan baking journey, and insights from fellow bakers.
By Keira Fisherabout a year ago in Critique
The Rise of Magicks
Nora Roberts has written book three of 'The One' series. In my opinion I believe that this could be a stand-alone book too. It started in the new town of New Hope with Arlys and her keeping her journalistic tendencies to keep all safe from the Dark entities that have arisen from the time of 'The Doom' and finishes there too where things are happening. This is mainly the story of her children and the teams that are formed to try to make a new country magical and to be safe.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Texas!
It has been a while since I wrote a critique essay on a Dana Fuller Ross novel. The last one was 'Oregon' and now this one is for 'Texas' the fifth in the series. This is the story of how the state of Texas became part of the Union. It does continue the story of Cathy and Lee Blake and Chet and Danny who are best friends ever since the first wagon train to Oregon. 'Texas' is a novel that to me covers the history of Texas and the Mexican War with Santa Ana, the president of Mexico in a creative and interesting way but does not go into too much detail of the war for it is started and ends at the end of the book. This is a novel on how this history affected the various characters in their personal and professional lives in helping to grow the United States.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Grimm's Fairy Tale#5
In reading 'Little Snow White' in Grimm's Fairy Tales one will get a sense that it is two stories in one for I got a sense of The Three Bears story as well when Snow White entered the dwarf's cottage she performs some activities as if she were Goldilocks and for the dwarfs they speak a few lines that to me seem reminiscent of the Three Bears story. This version as it seems to be is quite different from the Disney version that we all seem to like to watch at times.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Grimm's Fairy Tales #4
Here is a Grimm Fairy Tale that I did not know about or even heard of entitled 'The Straw, The Coal and the Bean'. This is a very short one but is really quite descriptive. It is a tale of three odd friends working together to achieve a goal of some kind. Even though the straw still burns and the coal fizzles out and the bean splits. At least they tried for a little while to survive living. It is also a tale on how we see beans now-a-days with a black seam. To me this is an unusual tale on how to get children to eat their vegetables maybe.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Bryan Johnson wants to be imortal
Hello hello, I'm an avid documentary watcher and that lead me to watch a new Netflix documentary with the name "Don't die: the men that wants to live forever". I know, the title makes curious off the bat, but let me present the premise of the documentary.
By Joana Piresabout a year ago in Critique
Grimm's Fairy Tales #3
Here is another famous fairy tale from this edition entitled 'Little Red Cap' and just by the title you may have guessed that it is the real 'Little Red Riding Hood' where there still is a mother who sends her daughter to visit her sick grandmother with cake and wine and warns her not to dawdle in the forest too long for you never know what may happen. This Little Red Cap wonders along further and further into the woods to pick flowers for grandma too, and you guessed it thinks she better get moving for it is getting late. She arrives but to find out through a conversation she and 'Grandma' have for we all know is the big bad wolf in disguise after he eats grandma and then her for in this story the wolf after eating them decides to take a nap. Along comes a hunter and hearing Red Cap in the wolf's stomach decides to cut open the wolf's stomach and let's Red Cap and Grandma out and replaces them with stones and sews the wolf up again and when the wolf awakes doesn't really feel too well and falls down and dies. In the nicer version of Little Red Riding Hood there is no cutting the wolf and replacing them with stones for Grandma and Red just escapes the wolf by running away for Little Red Riding Hood learns her lesson about being safe for herself and others. The story continues in 'Little Red Cap' for the next time another day another wolf comes along, and did she learn her lesson and proved it in a trick on this wolf? Yes, she did and went home. Why did the Grimm Brothers feel the need cut open the wolf and place stones in his stomach? It is also kind of freaky to hear a person talking after being eaten. This is like a horror story and maybe kind of gory for kids to have nightmares about being eaten by something. If I remember though there was an old cartoon that portrayed the Grimm's version of this story and made not so mean. Little Red Cap is definitely a youth and adult read while Little Red Riding Hood is fine for young children.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Grimm's Fairy Tales #2
Another story in Grimm's Fairy Tales is the well-known 'Cinderella' and this version is nowhere near the Disney version. There are comparisons, but not like you know from the fun Disney one. There are two stepsisters and mother and a prince. There is no ball as in the Disney story, but a festival that everyone wants to go. There is no fairy godmother or mice or a pumpkin coach, but there are a few birds that do help Cinderella in a nice way. This Grimm version is slightly bloody towards the end when the prince goes in search of the one who loses the golden slipper. Also, at the end this story it kind of reminds me of the Hitchcock movie 'The Birds' and if you read or reread this classic you will see. Now I am so glad that I have read and watched the Disney version for this version is and should be clearly for adults only, but still glad to have read the Grimm version for it is a classic that must be understood for its' lesson(s) that it teaches. In so many ways as in how the stepsisters are punished for what they claimed as well as Cinderella learns that good will overcome evil.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Grimm's Fairy Tales
I have started to read a collection of Grimm's fairy tales for it was a Christmas present from my sister. This version is entitled 'The Brothers' Grimm 99 Fairy Tales' I was reading number 19 entitled 'The Fisherman and His Wife'. To me this is a story of out and out GREED. The fisherman goes out on his daily fishing job and does not come with any fish for the one he catches says that he is a prince and will grant wishes for whomever. The fisherman lets the fish go, but his wife keeps sending him back to ask the fish for better and better things till one day after on last wish something occurs for one should not wish what the wife wished. This is not the same fairy tale that was once in one of my school reading book as a Just for fun story.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Welcome to Kindergarten
Welcome to Kindergarten! We are going to have so much fun learning all we need to know. We well learn our letters and numbers, our colors and shapes along with learning to work together and use our manners in various situations. We will learn about plants and animals as well as ourselves. We will sing, draw and make things as well as learn what our bodies can do from walking to hopping and other things to when learning what our bodies need to grow. Kindergarten a year that will give you a good start for the rest of your lives.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Booking A Reading On Day One Of The New Year
At least, that is what I thought I was doing. That is what the Facebook message read. I have gone into places that do exactly that. It is not usually something that needs a booking. It may be a short wait. My experience is that I will walk up to an empty spot where Tarot is advertised and sit down.
By Denise E Lindquistabout a year ago in Critique
