Author Archives: kibbyjardine

No long thoughtful blog post this week, as I’m finalizing the bakery launch with breathless anticipation that the inspectors will actually finalize my cottage food license this week! This massive feat will mean that I can open for production and sales on December 6th! So I’ll leave you with this quote and the photo ofContinueContinue reading “my little bakery”

*first let me state that the moon has little to do with this blog post, but I had to share. It’s yesterday’s full moon – the Beaver Moon – and the picture was captured off my deck overlooking the lake. While mindfully planning with my Bloom organizer and intentionally thinking through the coming weeks andContinueContinue reading “childlike, but not childish”

This is a picture of what was going to be carrot cake cupcakes. I dropped something onto the bowl and it the dry ingredients splashed everywhere. My first instincts were to laugh hysterically at the mess and then to snap a picture, knowing it was a powerful moment that I’d need to summon up somedayContinueContinue reading “transparency, honesty & authenticity”

At one point in the early 80s as a journalism student at Oregon State, I had to read three newspapers before heading to campus – The Oregonian, The Barometer and (the newly conceptualized) USA Today. I also watched CNN and the local news, before I left the house, desperately absorbing facts and figures for fearContinueContinue reading “Time for The New York Times”