Green & Loco Local!

Sophia and I enjoyed a beautiful summer day locally in the Poconos.
I'm feeling very blissed out over our time together.  Sometimes the best adventures are really right in your own back yard.

Delightfully, the post office had a much anticipated package - the first proof copy of my novel:
Witch Wolf? The Curse.  I'm giggling with anticipation to mark it in red pen and finally give birth to it through self-publication.

Smiling ear to ear, the beebs and I made our way into Jim Thorpe to have lunch at our favorite spot: FLOW. This amazing place is a farm to table restaurant that is also an art gallery and marker of days gone by.
Personally I love being here - because my Grandmother (Gallagher) used to work within the walls when it was a factory. I also carry a torch in my heart for Flow because it's the closest thing to city life in this rural area. It was also the first place I got to show my artwork east of the Mississippi!
The atmosphere is a wee bit friendlier these days with the new Exec. Chef Zachary Pelliccio, a super great energy and talent. Zach is working on candy pickles, hot sauce and salsa. Sophia and I got to taste the pickles today and they were super yummy!

Next we paid a visit to our good friend Randall Sellers at Sellers Books & Fine Arts on Broadway.
Long overdue!!  Randall finds the most amazing, eclectic books. I could leave with dozens in my arms at a time. I'm a ferocious reader!  He even said I could read another excerpt from Witch Wolf? when it's ready! yay!

I stocked up on essential oils and got an updated lid for Phia's Kleen Kanteen at Naturally Yours right next door. It's always a pleasure to see Owner, June Gaudreau a wise, beautiful woman who enlightened me in our conversation about the possible side effects I'm having from turning vegan = They may not be food or detox related after all!! I have to give her huge, huge props - her patience with Sophia's wandering hands and ambitious drum playing was more than amazing. I've never experienced my daughters curiosity like it took off today. My nervous mothering /anxiousness almost had me sweating in her AC! But June handled the situation with grace and ease. Bravo lady.

I promised Miss Sophia that we could go to the Library. She asks me every other day if we could. I read her a book then we explored it's walls and chatted with the librarian about a possible reading once Witch Wolf? The Curse is ready to be shelved. How exciting!

Our evening wrapped up at our usual date night spot: BVT. Tonight it was special because we got to experience the very successful open house. (Boulder View Tavern).
(Congrats coworkers! I LUV YA) Sophia always loves mingling with everyone! She's such an entertainer :) Tonight it was important that she tell people "I used to live in mommy's belly!"

As I look back on the day, I'm excited to realize that within the twenty miles we traveled we saw dozens of beautiful, familiar faces, exchanged tons of smiles and hugs and it felt as if we came around the world and back.
It truly was a perfect day in our backyard- mini vacay -that baby girl and I needed.
It also made me realize just how really lucky I am to live here.
Talking to and sharing with like minded people who have escaped big city life for something simpler, something removed from the who and what they used to be.  We really all are in this together. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one on a quest to be greener, leaner and more conscious in my earth journey.  It's even cooler with the backdrop being such an amazing destination.

Peace & Love. XOXO
GMGB