So a whole year has passed…

Hard to believe that another year has flown by!  As I was going through my blog over the past year I have realized a few things.  I bake way too much and our eating has become rather unhealthy in the later months of the year.  One of my goals for 2010 is to change all of this. Anyway as I was going through the past year in food I picked out some of my faves to do a short round up…hope you like! Short Ribs cooked Low and Slow: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls or Golumkis:  Spanakopita: Thyme and Rosemary Oven Roasted Beets Tourtiere or French Canadian Pork Pie: Pastel Azteca: Lemon Curd and Pop Tarts Grilled Tilap

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Autism Reality On The Last Day of the Decade:The Autism Spectrum Concept Has Been Harmful, Part I

On this last day of this decade, as we prepare for 2010, and all that the next decade will bring,  it has become apparent that a major autism development of the last decade has been the growth of the Autism Spectrum concept.The growth of  the Autism Spectrum concept has caused considerable harm to the interests of many persons severely affected by  Autistic Disorder, especially the 75-80% of persons with Autistic Disorder who are intellectually disabled or cognitively impaired. For these severely autistic their life realities are obscured and even hidden by the Autism Spectrum and by some high functioning, high profile media attractive

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Chili Verde for the Crockpot

It was cold yesterday.  At least by Southwest Florida standards.  I think we reached a high of about 60F for the whole day.  I’m not complaining.  I live for the cooler weather but I knew that I needed something to warm us up for dinner.  Knowing that we would be at The BMX Track after the sun went down was pretty motivating too! I pulled out my trusty Crockpot and went to work.  Chili Verde 6-8 Servings Ingredients: 2 pounds of pork (this time I used pork steaks and cut them down to bite sized pieces.  Could use Pork Butt or Shoulder Roast) 3 Tbsp All-Purpose Flour (seasoned with a small bit of salt

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Autism Events of 2009 - The Good, the Sad and the Ugly

As we turn towards 2010 these are AutismRealityNB's autism events of the year:The Good Public authorities begin to acknowledge the extent of the autism crisis and the role of environmental factors.1) In an historical development  IACC director Dr. Tom Insel acknowledged that environmental factors are a component of autism. 2) The CDC estimated that between about 1 in 80 and 1 in 240, with an average of 1 in 110, children in the United States have an Autism Spectrum Disorder.3) The CDC estimated that   29.3 to 51.2% of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders  also had an Intellectual Dis

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CHOCOLATE CHESTNUT CHARLOTTE

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONSIt’s the same thing, year in and year out. December comes to a lively end, flowing by faster than we could ever have imagined. This cold, cold month comes to a rousing, bubbly conclusion and as the end draws nigh something odd and inexplicable takes over us. All power of sensible thinking comes screeching to a halt and irrational thoughts flood through our poor over-holidayed brain. Maybe it was all that food, the turkey and stuffing, the glazed ham and cranberry relish, all the cakes and puddings and pies that softened our brains. Maybe it was the days and days of stirring cookie dough, pushing heaping spoonful after heaping spo

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