22 • May 2015 • UPBEAT TIMES Quinoa with Asparagus


Immediately stir in the quinoa


heat thor-


oughly. Serve immedi- ately.


Yield


SIX (1¼-CUP) SERVINGS Per serving: 178 calories, 4 g total fat, 0.5 g saturated fat, 137 mg omega-3 and 1,132 mg omega-6 fatty ac- ids, 0 mg cholesterol, 7 g protein, 29 g carbohydrates, 5 g dietary fiber, and 127 mg sodium.


Recipe by


Dr. Joanne Mumola Williams author of Health Begins in


the Kitchen: Delicious and Easy Vegan Recipes, Seasonal Food Plan and the Health and Food Blog,


www.FoodsForLongLife.com


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native to Africa, Greece and the Near East. Plant them against a wall or building foun- dation to increase summer heat. They grow without much at- tention, even neglect and are fairly drought tolerant. Sprinkle Sluggo and diatomaceous earth on them to keep the slugs and snails from eating their magical softly scented blooms. Cut a bouquet to bring inside in early winter and enjoy their honey- vanilla scent.


When rose hunting you’ll


want to get an ultimate whiff of Francis Dubreuil. Blooms on this 3 foot tall Hybrid Tea are velvety red, an absolute must for the passionate Rosarian! Ideal for a large pot this rose stays small, blooms prolifically and has double flowers with an intoxicating, old rose fra- grance. Francis Dubreuil was introduced in France in 1894. Mimulus accrantiacus or Sticky Monkey flower has a long blooming period from spring through summer. It has been said that the flowers resemble


a smiling monkey face. You de- cide! A four foot tall California native, its soft orange flowers add a bright note anywhere. Planted with airy yellow col- umbine is one of many perfect combos. There is scarlet Mimu- lus cardinalis preferring damp or wet growing conditions in part sun, part shade. There are many showy hybrids, Mimulus x hybridus. Many tempting col- ors, some with maroon-brown spots and all are delightful for mass planting; although short- lived are easily started in suc- cession for endless bloom. Fluffy-white cotton candy clouds drift slowly across the forget-me-not blue sky. Front yards filled with striking drought tolerant heirloom pop- pies, their elegant crepe paper petals dance. I hope you have planted some delights for the butterflies, birds and other winged visitors to your garden. Just remember . . .“If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow.


. clean for the May-Queen. . . “


MEDITATION ... continued from page 16


have in common: mediation, medicine, median, meddle and meditation? –Med: a middle or central position. A vantage point that reconciles or disap- pears opposition; restores equi- librium and well being; shakes us out of our stupor, and ulti- mately, allows us to glimpse heaven on earth. Meditation is a meddlesome medicine that mediates be- tween the local and non-local, physical and non-physical di- mensions of our lives. It’s any practice that creates


this altered state of estra/ordi- nary awareness.


tate?”


So I ask, “Do you medi- I’ll be teaching Wind-


sor Park & Recreation’s very first sampler meditation course later this month, remembering the relief of not having to label, judge or control anything, for a moment. That’s meditation. –Join me?


. It’s just a spring Shining deLight, Marcia


Humor #9


A five year old boy went for a weekend trip with his grandparents. On the way home, they stopped at a country restaurant for lunch.


The little boy left the table to use the restroom by himself. A moment later he returned with a confused look on his face. He says, “Grandpa, am I a rooster or a hen?”


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22 • May 2015 • UPBEAT TIMES When hope is hungry, everything feeds it. ~Mignon McLaughlin


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