Sharing a bowl with Pooh
by Jody Harrison
I picked up my bowl earlier this week. It was a gift and tender to carry away to my home. It was exciting to sit with the bowl and eat something special from it. The bowl was infused with story already, even though read more...
Two Sisters, One Bowl
by Ruth & Sarah
Year-end is about gratitude. Because we’re human, it also becomes about sadness, loss, expectation, fear, joy, shame, confusion and love. The bowl is a metaphor for each of us as we become vessels that hold these emotions. So, we make
Mother’s Handwriting and Christmas Eve
by Penny Bauer
This Christmas Eve, my sister Connie and I are remembering our mother June and what a creative and resourceful cook she was.
Our extended family always gathered on Christmas Eve to share the time together and enjoy the tree, lights and family decorations read more...
Holding and Sharing at Tilth Potluck
by Kathleen K
Wednesday, December 11th, I picked up the beautiful Pooh Bowl and poem and took them to the Tilth Potluck. The bread I shared in the bowl came from Living Green, the wheat grown in Coupeville. My first Whidbey community potluck, invited by Madam read more...
Six Bowls and My Book Group
by Claudia Fuller
One of my joys is to be an original member of the book group, South Whidbey Read and Feed. We have met monthly for over 15 years in the home of Christi Ruscigno. Members have come and gone, but we have steadfastly followed
Welton Thanksgiving
by David Welton
A Gingerbread House
by Inge Roberts
When I was very little, my mother tried to make me a gingerbread house from saved up war rations. With tremendous excitement we set out for the building adventure. Then followed rising frustration, cardboard tasting gingerbread, that runny whitish sugary mess which failed read more...
A Harvest Brunch
by Shirley Jantz and Walt Blackford
Bowl Blessing Dinner
by Kim Tinuviel
When Gloria Sherman at One Spirit Garden in Clinton first heard about the project, she said “We must have a blessing of the bowls before they go out into the community” and began organizing the event. The event was intended to celebrate the read more...
O’Weisberger Thanksgivukkah
by Harriet O’Neal
We used our beautiful bowl to hold a delicious salad at our Thanksgivukkah celebration. The salad was kale with avocado and pickled onions, very simple and delicious (as well as healthy). The kale came from the cooler at Greenbank farm and was lovingly read more...
