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This Simple List Will Help You Feel Better
This Simple List Will Help You Feel Better

It’s almost too exhausting if you think about it—not to mention ironic—because, in fact, you have gazillions of thoughts running through your head at any one moment. Life is happening fast. If you’re

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Journaling, Life StorySherry BorzoSeptember 18, 2019
TDS 38 What the Sugar Cookie Can Teach You About One Sweet Life Interview with Brittney Haskins
TDS 38 What the Sugar Cookie Can Teach You About One Sweet Life Interview with Brittney Haskins

As a child, Brittney Haskins realized she enjoyed baking. She describes with fondness the time spent with her mother in the kitchen, an experience which became significant to her life. And somehow, between

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The Delicious StorySherry BorzoSeptember 17, 2019
How to Be True to You While Liking Who You Are
How to Be True to You While Liking Who You Are

Last week I wrote you about my effort to tackle big goals by way of small steps. In doing some research on the subject, I stumbled onto the book Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results by Stephen Guise.

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Journaling, Life StorySherry BorzoSeptember 11, 2019
TDS 37 What's Whimsical, On Wheels and Serves Iowa Wine? Your Next Great Event!
TDS 37 What's Whimsical, On Wheels and Serves Iowa Wine? Your Next Great Event!

It’s a story sure to spark your imagination (and perhaps inspiration), because that’s what Nikki Schneider’s The Whimsical Wine Trailer is all about. This week on #thedeliciousstory, we discover what

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The Delicious StorySherry BorzoSeptember 10, 2019
Find the Smallest Step To Your Success
Find the Smallest Step To Your Success

I find it comforting to think of humanity (and my place in it) as the smallest unit that connects us all. Everything here is comprised of atoms that mix with the atoms of everything else, which has been her

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JournalingSherry BorzoSeptember 2, 2019
TDS 36 How to Love The Kitchen You have. Interview with Amanda Riordan of Mise en Place
TDS 36 How to Love The Kitchen You have. Interview with Amanda Riordan of Mise en Place

Most of us don’t get the kitchen of our dreams, but instead, one we’ve inherited. That also goes for some of the stuff that’s housed within it. For example, there’s that fryer you received as a gift, or the

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The Delicious StorySherry BorzoAugust 31, 2019
Journal Your Way To The Change You Want
Journal Your Way To The Change You Want

I’m drinking a cup of coffee right now—a small step toward my goal to consume fewer sugary calories. My beverage of choice for a writing project is often hot chocolate; however, depending on the size of

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JournalingSherry BorzoAugust 26, 2019
TDS 35 Memories of Saloo's India at the Des Moines Farmer's Market with Saloo Sadiq and Aisha Syed
TDS 35 Memories of Saloo's India at the Des Moines Farmer's Market with Saloo Sadiq and Aisha Syed

This week on #thedeliciousstory we head back in time to visit the Des Moines Farmer’s Market about a decade ago and one of its most famous merchants. Saloo’s India was a stalwart operation at the Farmer’s

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Storied Gifts ShopSherry BorzoAugust 24, 2019
How To Make Someone's Day With A Greeting Card
How To Make Someone's Day With A Greeting Card

Leave it to the millennials to go retro and make something old suddenly fashionable and exciting. This time it is the greeting card realizing a stylish comeback. Once the staple item given for all milestones and

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Storied Gifts ShopSherry BorzoAugust 19, 2019
TDS 34: How To Turn What's For Dinner Into Yum. Interview With Andrea Love
TDS 34: How To Turn What's For Dinner Into Yum. Interview With Andrea Love

What would you do if you opened the fridge and dinner was right there waiting for you? For many busy families, couples on the go, and singles who don’t have the time or inclination to cook a meal for one,

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The Delicious StorySherry BorzoAugust 15, 2019
Why Stepping Back Will Save You Stepping Over the Edge Emotionally
Why Stepping Back Will Save You Stepping Over the Edge Emotionally

It has been a full summer, one for the books as the saying goes. We’ve been caring for our 17-month-old grandson and 6-year-old granddaughter. My husband David, who is a teacher, spent the summer

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Journaling, Life StorySherry BorzoAugust 12, 2019
TDS 33 Tim Diebel: A Grounded Leap of Faith and A Memorable Meal of Harvest
TDS 33 Tim Diebel: A Grounded Leap of Faith and A Memorable Meal of Harvest

I admire those who make significant turns in their life and take on new adventures. Case in point: with the gauntlet of “new mind” thrust before them, Tim Diebel and his wife, Lori, made a

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The Delicious StorySherry BorzoJuly 30, 2019
Self-Exploration, The Greatest Adventure of a Lifetime
Self-Exploration, The Greatest Adventure of a Lifetime

I remember eating lunch with a family friend once as a kid—this friend happened to be a nun. She ate her meal of cheap potato chips and canned onion soup with extraordinary relish. My mother and I took note that

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Journaling, Life StorySherry BorzoJuly 29, 2019
TDS 32 Tiffany Mauch: Pet Caregiver Services And Life As A Slow Cooker
TDS 32 Tiffany Mauch: Pet Caregiver Services And Life As A Slow Cooker

As an NPR addict, I love that Tiffany Mauch’s “eureka” moment was inspired by something she heard on public radio. Of course, her vision for becoming a pet caregiver really began further back, with years of

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The Delicious StorySherry BorzoJuly 23, 2019
Why Journal?
Why Journal?

I’ve often said it’s the obvious stuff that eludes me.

I say this as if joking, but in fact it amazes me how often my own answers surface out of ideas I’ve

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JournalingSherry BorzoJuly 22, 2019
Book Review: Out of the Darkness, The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson
Book Review: Out of the Darkness, The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson

I went into this book almost kicking and screaming because I was sure I’d find the subject matter too difficult to read.

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Book Club ReviewsSherry BorzoJuly 15, 2019
TDS 31 Angela Williams Jackson: The Perfect Frame, The Perfect Meal
TDS 31 Angela Williams Jackson: The Perfect Frame, The Perfect Meal

I opened by asking her if she dreams about matting and framing in her sleep. Angela Williams Jackson of The Great Frame Up in West Des Moines claims her sleep is unencumbered, but

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The Delicious StorySherry BorzoJuly 14, 2019
A Curiosity: Our Fascination With Food Photos and Sharing Them On Social Media
A Curiosity: Our Fascination With Food Photos and Sharing Them On Social Media

This post follows on the heels of the interview with Brand Photographer Julia Mae Hunt during a podcast of #thedeliciousstory. We tackled many interesting topics, including the power and meaning of the photo-journaling that

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Life StorySherry BorzoJuly 9, 2019
Our First Contest! Nominate Your Humble Human Doing Good.
Our First Contest! Nominate Your Humble Human Doing Good.

Announcing our first contest for Storied Gifts Shop. We want to celebrate those humans out there doing good. Do you know of one you particularly admire? We’d love to hear about them.

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Storied Gifts ShopSherry BorzoJuly 7, 2019
TDS 30 Julia Mae Hunt: Brand Photographer Talks Images and Meaning, and an Impromptu Memorable Meal
TDS 30 Julia Mae Hunt: Brand Photographer Talks Images and Meaning, and an Impromptu Memorable Meal

I admit it—I get sucked into Instagram easily. I can scan through images at a dizzying pace and then twenty minutes later wonder where the time has gone. That’s how pictures work. They’re eye candy

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The Delicious StorySherry BorzoJuly 6, 2019
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