MIKELL'S HIDDEN TREASURES
  • New Website Link and Free e-book and Newsletter Sign Up
  • Contact

Every Day is a Miracle

1/31/2016

 
Yesterday was the last day of our Infinite Possibilities course and one of the participants shared this tea towel her mother gave her! 
Picture

​Aww! Reaction to today's treasure from a friend on Facebook - 

"How do you do it MW? The truly amazing part is how you make me feel positive as soon I notice your posts. That is a very special gift. TY for being you. God Bless!"

I'll be smiling all day! See! There's been a miracle already!

Music Awards!

1/30/2016

 
Yesterday I found out that two of my very favorite musicians - local but definitely world class - are being honored at the Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame! Can hardly wait!
Picture

Processing Paris

1/28/2016

 
The blizzard has given me a chance to slow down and edit a lot of the photos and journal entries from Paris. What a whirlwind trip! So many life long dreams were realized - visiting Monet's home and garden at Giverny, riding on a double decker carousel in Montmartre and seeing Sacre-Couer, taking a dinner boat ride down the Seine at night to see the Eiffel Tower and the City of Lights, visiting Notre Dame, museums, gardens, bistros and so much more. Check my gratitude page.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

My Kitchen

1/26/2016

 
Being snowed in has given me a chance to spend more time in the kitchen with my toys! Love my new home and my new kitchen! There are a few recipes throughout the site - check the list at the right. More coming all the time!
Picture

Baking in a Blizzard Continued

1/26/2016

 
Today's treasure was making a lemon meringue pie the way my grandmother taught me. Mycala came into the kitchen while I was making the meringue and suggested I use a mixer but I cringed and continued whipping with my balloon whisk in my copper bowl There is a satisfaction with whipping a meringue that is similar to kneading bread. It is the physical effort that makes the task fulfilling. I've always believed that the we are 'fed' through the preparation of food. If we take the time to cut, chop, knead, whip, etc., we will eat less. My grandmother never had a weight problem and she cooked and baked constantly.

If I eat food that someone else has prepared I find myself eating more than if I make it myself. That may not be true for everyone, but it works for me! With all of the prepackaged food, pie crust mixes, bread machines, prepared soups and salads, many don't even remember what it is like to do the preparation. 

My grandmother taught me the tools and techniques of cooking and baking but she also left me with an appreciation for the satisfaction of not taking shortcuts. I treasure my memories of playing with her in the kitchen and am blessed that she entrusted me with using the best equipment and even more, her secrets for folding love into all of her culinary creations!

Picture

Baking in a Blizzard

1/26/2016

 
Yesterday I baked a loaf of cheddar cheese-Hungarian paprika braided bread. Today i baked six to share with the neighbors who shoveled my porch, walk, our sidewalks and the street! So sweet. The loaves were ready, hot out of the oven just as the sun was starting to set so Mycala and I hurried to deliver them before it got dark. Walking through the neighborhood was like a maze with paths between the car and snow walls as high as our shoulders. 
Kneading bread puts me in a meditative and peaceful state. It gives me time to slow down, consider all of my blessings and anticipate the rewards.
Picture

More than a Vision Board

1/6/2016

 
Picture
I'm doing a 30 day project with Mike Dooley's Infinite Possibilities and one of our assignments was a vision board. This is my post for the Playing the Matrix group!
"
My vision board. This process was a HUGE ah ha for me! I began with the dreams of traveling to exotic places, a new car, a house on the beach . . . Then I wandered into my sewing room and started to smile at my dress form. SHE would be my vision board! And my vision board turned into a celebration of having a home again after losing mine in the flood and relocating to a new town. Baltimore! I feel like I've moved to Disneyland! From the symphony to the sports teams, the bay, the university, my new home. I don't want to go ANYWHERE for awhile! I want to furnish my home, play in the garden, meet the neighbors and entertain, continue my Heart to Hand journaling . . . For years I felt displaced and was carrying my home on my back like a turtle. Now i have a home in Lake Walker which very similar to living in the 50s (many of you will be much too young to know what that means!) We have safe streets, front porches, neighbors walking dogs, a community newsletter and plant exchanges. I want to Embrace the Sacred in Every Day Treasures. It may even be a book or blog title! This vision board is filled with symbolism - the pineapple for hospitality, rosemary for remembrance - more in visualizing. LOVING this project - what a gift!!!"

Gypsy Jazz at Liam Flynn's in Baltimore

1/4/2016

 
Monday nights at Liam Flynn'e Irish Pub feature Gypsy Jazz with some of the most talented musicians in the Baltimore area! Nancy and I hosted an event through the Renaissance Institute for the Winter in the City and over 20 people joined us for an evening of fabulous food and great music. My friend Michael even traveled up from Harrisburg, PA for the festivities. If you are in the Baltimore area, or even i you aren't, consider Monday nights at Liam Flynn's. There is no cover charge, but please be generous when they pass the hat. The musicians share their talent all evening with passion and enthusiasm and they equal or surpass a lot of the paid shows that I've seen!
Music at Liam Flynn's - today's treasure. 
Picture
    Picture
    Welcome!! I’m Mikell (pronounced Michael). If you love spicing up your life with herbs, recipes, decorating and crafts, symbolism and rituals like I do, I hope you’ll sign up for  my newsletter and free Enhancing Your Life with Herbs e-book!

    Categories

    All
    Art
    Collecting Firsts
    Fashion And Fabrics
    Herbs
    Holidays
    Inspiration
    Legends
    Lessons From Nature
    Maps
    Quotes
    Recipes
    Vintage

    Mikell 

    Mikell is a writer, artist and professional treasure hunter, finding the greatest treasures in the wonderful people who enter her life!

    Archives

    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    July 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012

    RSS Feed

  • New Website Link and Free e-book and Newsletter Sign Up
  • Contact