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Tis the Season for Cleansing

January 6, 2013 Maria Stuart 3 Comments

Yep. It’s that time. January. It used to be that the new year motivated people to start a new diet, still does in fact, it’s just that now we call them cleanses. After all of that holiday excess, our bodies are crying out for a change. Of course everybody wants to lose a few (or […]

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Me and My Monkey Brain

November 20, 2012 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

Here is a great name for a yoga workshop – “Yoga for Nourishment”. It sounds so delicious, doesn’t it? The workshop was yesterday, Sunday afternoon, and it focused on restorative yoga and Yoga Nidra (which is a kind of meditative yoga). Knowing that this would be the day after our big Harvest Open House at […]

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June

June 2, 2012 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

June

I decided to sign up for an on-line challenge through BlogHer. It’s really just a way to give myself some structure, which seems like a good idea – now and always. It’s called NaBloPoMo. The challenge is to post something on your blog every day for a month. That’s it. They’ve given a writing prompt, […]

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Wish me luck!

November 2, 2011 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

The editor of  a glossy lifestyle magazine, and his photographer, are coming to my house for dinner tomorrow night. Really. It’s true. Am I nervous? Well yes, a little. And also a little excited. And then back to nervous. Of course, this is just the kind of thing that, as the PR person for my […]

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Hi, I'm Maria. My husband and I own a winery in downtown McMinnville, the heart of Oregon's spectacular Willamette Valley.

Lucky for me I get to cook for the people I love, throw parties and pour a little Pinot. Nothing makes me happier than gathering people around my table and serving them food that nourishes both body and soul.

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