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SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 102

Hello friends. Welcome to Sundays With Celia Vol 102. By now every blog you follow, every company you deal with, and every website you visit has a statement addressing the uncharted waters we are all facing at the moment. And by now you are probably tired of hearing these sentiments, however necessary they may be. […]

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SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 82

Hello and welcome to Sundays With Celia Vol 82. It makes me so happy that you come and visit me on Sundays! Thank you! Well Spring officially arrived this week so I’m celebrating by reminiscing about the Cherry Blossom season in Washington, DC. Spring has not yet made an appearance here in Lake Arrowhead. In […]

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HOW TO HOST A NOWRUZ SPRING FEAST

This year the Persian New Year known as Nowruz will be celebrated on March 21st. I happen to love Persian food so any excuse to enjoy it, like the Persian New Year, I take advantage of. Last week we were in Washington, DC visiting family and my son and I decided to prepare the food […]

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SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 36

Hi there. I hope you are enjoying your Sunday. Thanks so much for popping in here for Sundays With Celia Vol 36. Looking Back On Sunday This week I told you the incredible story of the man Brad & I met in the Salt Lake City airport. His son was denied lung transplant surgery and […]

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SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 32

Hello! Thanks for stopping into the blog today for Sundays With Celia Vol 32. It’s very nice to have you here. Still Fighting Jet Lag on Sunday I’m still fighting jet lag after a trip to Philadelphia where we attended UPenn Medical School’s Residency Match Ceremony. It’s an emotion packed event where these Ivy League graduating […]

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HOW I KNOW SPRING HAS SPRUNG

Happy Spring! As I’ve discussed with you here, I’ve got issues with wildlife.  Things like deer decimating my garden…… and bears breaking down my apple trees. But an upside to living on this mountain, especially in the spring, are the birds that make their home on my property.  Watching them build nests under the rafters […]

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STRAWBERRY ANGEL FOOD CAKE FOR MY BABY’S BIRTHDAY

STRAWBERRY ANGEL FOOD CAKE FOR MY BABY’S BIRTHDAY Today is my son Austin’s 17th Birthday!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY! You remember him.  He’s my crazy skier dude…… and wake boarder dude. He is the baby of the family and the youngest of our 5 kids.  It is hard to believe that, in just over a year […]

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CELEBRATING SPRING WITH A PERSIAN NOWRUZ FEAST

HAPPY SPRING! Did you know that the Spring Equinox is the day when the sun crosses the celestial equator and equalises night and day?  In other words, night and day become equal in length. This happens twice a year, in Spring and in Autumn. Here in Southern California, it seems as though spring arrived a […]

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