Easy Classes on how to Meditate That Works

February 20, 2022,

Meditation has never come easy to me.  I've tried different methods including clearing my mind of any thoughts which never worked.  Guided meditations have relaxed me but also put me to sleep.   I've always wished I could find a way to meditate that I could use to calm myself almost instantly when I needed before I climbed on that "Crazy Train" that Cheryl Richardson talks about.  Cheryl offered free meditation classes because she wanted to do something to help us all who feel so stressed out by all the changes that are going on in the world today.  I don't know how long these classes will last but I found a meditation that works for me.   She begins by talking about the benefits of meditation and tells her own examples of how it's helped her and people she knows.  Then we practiced.  Five minutes! I was amazed at how just five minutes of meditation can be so helpful and also how fast it goes. 

Cheryl wants us to share her free meditation classes so they will help others lower their stress levels, which will benefit us all.   


If this speaks to you here is the link to the three classes so far.  You can sign up to be on her mailing list to receive notices of these ongoing classes or her others. 

Food Receipts From 1902

October 20, 2021

I'm going through books and papers to see what I can recycle.  I don't want anyone else to have to do this when I am gone.  Not that I'm planning on leaving any time soon but one never knows. 

I found a small pile of grocery receipts from my Grandmother dated 1902.  What an interesting find!

October 15, 1902 

1 dozen eggs 28 cents

2 long bread 10 cents

1 lb. of butter 33 cents

1 ounce cinnamon 03 cents

1 ounce bay leaf 5 cents

July 17, 1902

1 lb. of butter 32 cents

1 and 5/8 lb. of butter 37 cents

5 lb. of ham @30 $1.00

1 broom 30 cents

10 lbs. of sugar 55 cents
1 loaf of bread 5 cents

October 2, 1902

1 chocolate cake 19 cents

1 dozen eggs 30 cents

1 lb. of roll butter 29 cents

5 lbs. of sugar 25 cents

1 quart of molasses in jar 12 cents
2 boxes of sardines 20 cents

5 lbs. of lard 42 cents

That's all for now but I have an account book that my grandmother kept for my mother.  I think she kept one for all the children.  Mother was born in 1917 and the entries go on until I was born. That will be another blog if I find it interesting enough to share.

Thank you for reading and replying if that feels right to you.