https://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/07/15/recovering-from-rape-my-story-your-story-our-story/2025-07-09T21:24:49+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2025/04/30/a-woman-awash-2/2025-05-01T15:51:43+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2021/02/24/a-woman-awash/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_1026.jpgimg_10262025-04-24T09:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2024/03/07/when-was-it/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/am-yisrael-hai.jpgam-yisrael-hai2025-04-22T16:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2018/11/04/an-almost-unknown-moment-in-the-life-of-general-de-gaulle-by-jacques-barchilon/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/free-french-2.jpgfree french (2)Jack Lawrence on the jeep he drove in London during WWII2025-05-27T13:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/09/20/healing-trauma-abuse-and-abandonment-over-time-and-with-help/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nicole-roxy-young.jpgNicole Roxy youngRoxy, Issac, Shira with Mama Nicole in Boulder Colorado, Summer of 1991https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/roxy-nicole-2.jpgRoxy Nicole 2Nicole and Roxy, September 2013https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nicole-and-roxy.jpgNicole and RoxyNicole and Roxy, September 20132024-03-12T22:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/10/01/one-woman-two-foxes-and-the-blades-of-grass/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fox-run.jpgfox run2024-03-12T22:09:56+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/02/02/spiritual-feminism-and-family/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-01-22-16-20-11.jpg2016-01-22 16.20.11The window-seat in my hermitage, where I pray for the world where we are all honored and treasured and loved.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nicole-kevin-framed.jpgNicole Kevin framedMy Man and I, May 2015https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ethan-issac-shoulders-4.jpgEthan Issac Shoulders 4Issac and Ethan at Ethan's graduation from Northcoast Preparatory Academy in May of 2015https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nicole-ethan-1997-at-boulder-creek.jpgNicole & Ethan, 1997 At Boulder CreekMama Nicole and baby Ethan 1997https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shira-mom-paul.jpgShira Mom PaulThree Fabulous Feminists in my Family: Helen Redman, Shira Barchilon Frank and Paul Barchilon2024-03-12T22:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/09/09/mikveh-movement-and-me/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nicole-11-black-and-white.jpgnicole-11-black-and-whiteIn my eleven year old self, cocooning. This photo was taken by Francesca Woodman, 40 years ago, but it expresses my mood right now.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-08-09-10-31-31.jpg2016-08-09-10-31-31Big Lagoon on a sunny day, where I swim and pray.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-08-07-09-36-06.jpg2016-08-07 09.36.06Big Lagoon, where Mikveh and I Meet2024-03-12T22:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/12/12/making-heart-magic-in-a-mad-mad-mad-world/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-11-19-16-56-17.jpg2015-11-19-16-56-17Waters of Life, above and below, all part of every glass of water you drink or bite of food you eat.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/elderberry-magic.jpgelderberry-magicMagic Elderberry Syrup, made by me, surrounded by rose petals and lavender from Holy Hill on Irish Wool blanket from County Donegalhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hey.gifheyThe letter Hey in transformation from Early 2000 BCE, Middle 1000 BCE, Late 400 BCE to what we have now.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/letter-h.jpgletter-hOrigins of the letter Heyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-10-25-08-02-27.jpg2015-10-25-08-02-27Elderberry Syrup surrounded by rose petals and lavender on Irish Wool2024-03-12T22:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/01/13/33-years-ago-giving-birth-to-my-son-issac-a-really-wild-and-dangerous-adventure/2024-03-12T21:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2018/07/18/tending-to-ending/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/papa-judy-glass-perla.jpgPapa.Judy.Glass.PerlaMy Papa, Jacques Barchilon, born Jacovo Alberto Cohen, in his Free French Forces uniform, on the day of his wedding to Judy, the love of his life, at the age of 75. The beautiful woman in the back is his mother Perla Barchilon. The sign translates as "Careful, Mean Dog, Ferocious Master." My father had a bark, but never a bite and didn't have a dog, but this sign was on his door. The glass from Mirador and his wedding ring and watch as well as stones to remember him by, (a Jewish thing).https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lhiver.jpgL'hiverhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4731-e1535883917907.jpgIMG_4731My father wrapped in the shroud after we did Tahara on him in the early morning hours while we awaited the Science Care Body Donation folks to come collect him. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5761.jpgIMG_5761https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5757.jpgIMG_5757https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_57591.jpgIMG_5759https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5759.jpgIMG_5759https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/papa-with-lemon.jpgPapa with Lemon2023-12-11T16:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2023/01/19/all-shook-up-and-calmly-connected-all-one/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/raskin-family-with-candle.jpgraskin-family-with-candlehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/victoria-buddhist-temple.jpgvictoria-buddhist-templehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jumping-high.jpgjumping-highhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_04091.jpgimg_040912023-01-21T00:50:42+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/01/10/vows-wow-meaningful-kavanah-intention-coupled-with-holy-energy-watch-out/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tol010.jpgTOL010Tree of Life by Cindy Gabriel, copyright 19922023-01-19T13:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2022/11/29/a-pocket-of-hope-in-my-heart-lev-for-kislev/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/nicole_logo3-150.pngnicole_logo3-150https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hummingbird-shabbat-flowers.jpghummingbird-shabbat-flowers2022-12-02T15:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/07/16/my-true-heart-opens/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/francesca-woodman-polka-dot-5.jpgFrancesca Woodman Polka Dot 5 https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pict0113.jpgPICT0113Praying as a child with the flowers and the rocks and the trees, my forever best friends2022-05-31T05:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/food/table-of-contents/2022-05-20T01:37:27+00:00weekly0.6https://open-heart-open-hands.com/2021/12/09/delicious-divine-date-nut-balls/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_3092.jpgimg_30922021-12-09T23:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2003/08/22/sample-parenting/2021-09-09T09:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/02/04/eggplant-parmesan-maren-frank-style/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/shira-and-issac.jpgShira and IssacSome satisfied customers post a Nicole meal! My son and daughter!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/issac13.jpgIssac13My super sous-chef Issac Frank, showing off his bear-paw hands, really good for frying and chopping and hand-holding too. Photo by Shakia Spinkhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-03-18-05-38.jpg2015-02-03 18.05.38https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-03-18-05-34.jpg2015-02-03 18.05.34The finished masterpieces!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-03-18-07-16-e1423022467302.jpg2015-02-03 18.07.16Plated Eggplant Parmesan with fresh pasta and green beans.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-03-15-36-06.jpg2015-02-03 15.36.06Frying eggplant rounds in olive oil, the brownish red color is what you want. Once browned on both sides place on baking sheet for 20 minutes.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-03-15-33-04.jpg2015-02-03 15.33.04https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-03-15-32-57.jpg2015-02-03 15.32.57https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-03-15-32-53.jpg2015-02-03 15.32.53egg, flour, herbs and water mixture for coating eggplanthttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-03-16-15-43.jpg2015-02-03 16.15.43cheeses on top of first layer of eggplant rounds and sauce. Next step is to repeat the whole process.2021-09-09T09:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2019/05/11/not-ready-to-say-goodbye-to-saying-kaddish/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/maren-and-iris.jpgMaren and IrisMaren, my Mother-in-Love (because we are much closer and care for each other much more than the Mother-in-Law moniker makes room for). Maren and I share a deep love for all things flower and here she is cherishing one of her Iris blossoms. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2018-04-29-kevin-and-nicole.jpg2018-04-29 Kevin and NicoleMy mensch and I, photo taken by Kenny's very talented sister Ellen Weissberg Whyte.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2014-10-17-04.23.31.jpg2014-10-17 04.23.31My brother Paul and his partner Kathryn and me too!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_5169-e1557533599158.jpgIMG_5169The Pre-Passover double dipping table in the San Diego home of Helen Redman and Kenny Weissberghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/issac.shira_..jpgIssac.Shira.Issac and Shira honoring each other.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mom-ken-ethan-april-2017-beard.jpgMom Ken Ethan April 2017 BeardMy mother Helen Redman, Beau-Pere Kenny Weissberg and youngest son Ethan, cherishing each other!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mama-nicole-and-issac.jpgMama Nicole and IssacMy man Issac, able to hold up whatever needs holding up. We take good care of each other, he and I.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_5208.jpgIMG_5208Close up of altar, with the picture of my father and my sister about three months before she died. The Columbine and Lilac flowers are from my friend and MAT practitioner Jazz's garden. The Columbine is the state flower of Colorado, and I could never pick it there, but here in California I can, in honor of my father.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_5204.jpgIMG_5204The Altar I made to mark the eleven months since my father Jacov ben Perla v Chaim Ha Cohen's death according to the Jewish calendar. 2021-09-09T09:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/20/bells-at-night/2021-09-02T00:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/11/03/sapta-rachels-eggplant-with-balsamic-black-pepper-and-parsley/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rachels-eggplant.jpgRachel's EggplantBalsamic Parsley & Black Pepper Eggplant2021-09-01T23:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/06/09/honoring-judythe-light-love-laughter-and-lift-in-my-fathers-life/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/papa-judy-chez-paul.jpgPapa.Judy.chez PaulMy father and Judy at my brother's home many years ago, dancing, laughing and loving.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/004.jpg004https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3834.jpgIMG_3834The altar I made for Judy as she was taking her last difficult breaths on this earth.2021-09-01T23:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/07/17/papas-perseverance-pain-and-power/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dad-and-judy.jpgdad and JudyThanksgiving in Colorado a few years ago.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dad-post-it.jpgDad Post itThe note I found in Judy's bedside dresser while cleaning things out in my father's apartment.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/issac-nicole-feet.jpgIssac Nicole feetIssac's wounded foot taking a break, next to my tired feet from hours of moving things around in Dad's apartment to try and get his office converted into a room that a care-giver/live-in could actually live in!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/shira-home.jpgShira HomeMy daughter's clean and lovely living room downstairs from my brother's place full of books and beauty.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dad-on-bike.jpgDad on BikeMy 94 year-old, WWII French Resistance fighter of a father, still resisting tyranny, the tyranny of a body aging. He is a hard-working, hoping to heal himself human and he blows my mind.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dad-waving.jpgDad WavingMy father in a moment of less pain in the new recliner/life chair I realized we needed to get him, in the middle of one particularly difficult night. He can sleep for two or three hours comfortably here, and it's his new favorite spot to sit.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/papa-blue-robe.jpgPapa blue robePainting by my mother Helen Redman in the entry way to the downstairs, pottery by my brother Paul Barchilon, decor by my daughter2021-09-01T23:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2019/09/27/nitzavim-it-is-not-in-heaven/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/frankfamilybima.jpgFrankFamilyBimaOn the Bima right to left: Arnie Herskovic, Rabbi Naomi Steinberg, Phil Lazzar, Issac Barchilon Frank, Kevin Frank, Shira Barchilon Frank, Nicole Barchilon Frank and Roz Keller.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/family-aliyah.jpgFamily Aliyahhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/nicolemaren.jpgNicoleMarenThis photo was taken right after Kevin's mother gave me a powerful blessing, I call her my Mother in Love (because we have such a loving and good relationship). Luckily, she had come out earlier from Tennessee so she didn't have to miss out and neither did we!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/momkenblessingnicole.jpgMomKenBlessingNicoleReceiving my parents' Blessings. Helen Redman and Kenny Weissberg jumped in their car and drove up from San Diego to make it to my Bat Mitzvah right after 9/11. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/terretnicole.jpgTerretNicoleReceiving a Blessing from my sister by Love/Choice Terret Smith, Rabbi Naomi Steinberg is smiling in the background here. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/nicoleethansunflower.jpgNicoleEthanSunflowerEthan, my youngest who was four years old at my Bat Mitzvah. My husband Kevin's only time attending Temple Beth El, carried Ethan around for hours while I waxed poetic. My G!d-daughter Aleta was sporting fuschia hair for the event! My nephews Owen and Soren are also here in the front row with me. Their mom got in a car from Boulder Colorado and drove for three days to make it to my Bat Mitzvah in California. They found out on the drive about 9/11. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/reuvenmarilyn.jpgReuvenMarilynReuven Moore/Reuven Uri ben David v'Feygela May his memory continue to be for Blessing, reading from the Torah at my Bat Mtizvah. photo by Amanda Devonshttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/nicolehappytorah.jpgNicoleHappyTorahDancing with the Torah at my Bat Mitzvah at Temple Beth El, in Eureka, CA on September 15, 20012021-08-18T23:58:13+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/07/21/marens-summer-bean-salad/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/nicole-kevin-wedding.jpgMay 14, 1986 Family WeddingMay 14, 1986 Family Wedding of Nicole and Kevin. Maren (my brand new Mother-in-Love) is in the blue dress next to me and she is next to her son Andrew with my brand new husband Kevin. I'm in the front row center holding Issac, my mother Helen Redman, my brother Paul Barchilon, and my Aunt Ellen Gould in black. Behind me in glasses is my Uncle Roger Weissberg and my Beau-Pere Kenny Weissberg (I don't like the word step-father either). The French Beau Pere is softer and literally translates to handsome father. Not pictured but still present at this wedding were Shira and my father Jacques. He was probably with her reading her a fairy tale. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/maren-summer-bean-salad-e1595379854793.jpgMaren Summer Bean SaladSummer Bean Salad with Neukom Family Farms Heirloom tomatoes2021-08-18T23:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/10/25/wildly-wandering-and-engaging-with-elderberry-magic/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-18-15-07-45.jpg2015-10-18 15.07.45Cedar Tree Magichttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/elderberry-syrup-and-roses-e1445762758264.jpgElderberry syrup and rosesMy daily dose, surrounded by other Irish Wildcrafted Wonders, Lavender and Roses. I will be making rose beeds and posting about that in the future as well, stay tuned for the wild-crafting whirlwind of making and doings in the Nicole Zone!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/elderberries.jpgElderberriesThe beauty of the berry!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/elderberry-syrup.jpgElderberry SyrupIngredients for Elderberry Syrup Making 2021-02-10T19:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2021/02/04/chili-relleno-casserole-gluten-free-and-also-an-egg-free-version-bonus-salsa-recipe-too/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/relleno.jpgChili Relleno Casserole (gluten free)Chili Relleno Casserole (gluten free), Yummmmmmm!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/small-k-table.jpgSmall K table2021-12-09T22:13:07+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/27/angel-song-for-healing-and-before-bed/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/angel-madrid.jpgMadrid Angel2021-02-01T14:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2021/01/25/sharing-solstice-with-a-soul-sister/2021-01-26T05:32:04+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/09/24/death-phobic-and-youth-centric-a-very-bad-combination/2020-09-25T19:52:45+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/09/11/nicoles-shabbat-service-siddur/2020-09-11T22:40:35+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/09/09/poulet-au-citron-et-tarragon-lemon-tarragon-chicken/2021-12-31T08:35:07+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/08/14/asian-cabbage-salad-with-cilantro-black-sesame-seedsginger-peanut-butter-and-a-few-other-ingredients/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/shiso-in-pot-e1597446454240.jpgshiso-in-pot.jpgJapanese Shiso Leaf growing on my deck, next to Mexican Tarragon2020-09-10T14:33:52+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/06/26/spicy-moroccan-carrots-more-yum-than-you-will-know-what-to-do-with/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-06-25-14.55.14-e1593184915185.jpg2020-06-25 14.55.14Suribachi with smashed garlic, red peppers, salt and ground fresh cumin seeds,https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-06-25-14.48.01.jpg2020-06-25 14.48.01https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-06-25-14.19.25.jpg2020-06-25 14.19.25https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-06-25-14.55.43.jpg2020-06-25 14.55.43Carrots with all the ingredients getting ready to be tossed together, your'e almost done! https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-06-25-14.31.35.jpg2020-06-25 14.31.352020-06-26T16:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/06/chanson-de-la-vinaigrette/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dad-1963.jpgMon Pere JacquesMon Père Jacques2020-06-18T12:35:01+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2020/06/10/non-industrious-naturally-going-to-ground-while-others-rise-up/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nicole-orange-sweater.jpgNicole Orange Sweater Ireland 2016Photo of me overlooking the cliffs from my time in Ireland in 2015. This photo was taken by one of the Holy Hill fellow hermits, Steve Smith, who has now left this earth, May his memory be for Blessing. 2020-06-15T09:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/12/17/latkes-latkes-latkes-how-to-make-them-how-to-eat-them-how-to-survive-them/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_0334.jpgimg_0334https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hannukah-2014-4.jpgHannukah 2014.4Chanukiya, Latkes, Applesauce and Parsley Sauce2019-12-30T07:27:43+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2019/12/23/nicole-baby-doe-a-fairy-tale-for-yesterday-and-today-by-jacques-barchilon/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nicole-pink-robe-papa-gordes-.jpgNicole pink robe & Papa GordesNicole with her Papa in Gordes France, 1970shttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nicole-trampoline-age-9.jpgNicole Trampoline age 9Nicole trampoline age 9https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nicoles-puberty-1976.jpgNicole's Puberty - 1976Nicole's Puberty-1976 by Helen Redman2020-01-25T00:15:51+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2019/11/20/reeling-and-rounding-for-reuven/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/reuven-2.jpgReuven 2Reuven pointing the way to a Simchahttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/young-reuven.jpgYoung ReuvenReuven as a young man, in the wilderness and full of love for the earth.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_0725.jpgIMG_0725One of many Sukkahs that Reuven helped me build.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sukkah.jpgSukkahhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/reuven.tunnel.jpgReuven.TunnelRueven Moore clowning around in a children's tunnel at the zoo. Photo by Sheryl Reinman2023-11-30T23:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/06/06/we-are-one-shema/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-shema-bat-mitzvah.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAChanting the Shema at my Bat Mitzvah, eyes covered, in September of 20012019-11-03T13:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/about/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nicole-face-in-red-shirt.jpgNicole face in red shirtNicole in Redhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nicole_logo3-400-e1509986481616.pngnicole_logo3-400https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/third-eye-kevin-hoover.jpgThird Eye by Kevin HooverNicole, not really in costume, revealing her third eye.2020-06-28T15:55:32+00:00weekly0.6https://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/03/31/name-change-game-changeembodied-relationship-to-who-we-have-been-are-and-will-be/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hey.pngHeyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/miriam.jpgmiriamFrom a program for Tof Miriam Shabbat: http://marlaleigh.com/jewish-programs-2/tof-miriam-shabbaton-programs/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/720_adam.jpg720_AdamFrom Google Imageshttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hebrew_chai_symbol-svg.pngHebrew_Chai_Symbol.svghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/twins-marjorie-feldman-e1427766510244.jpgTwins.Marjorie FeldmanTwino Princesses by Marjorie Feldman2019-08-18T22:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2019/04/17/magnificent-matzah-ball-soup-vegan-vegetarian-or-with-chicken-stock/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_4902-1.jpgIMG_4902My parents' table in San Diego, ready for soup to be served once folks sit down.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_5146.jpgIMG_5146Matzah Balls floating to the top of the hot water that has been boiling and covered for 20 minutes.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_e5143.jpgIMG_E5143Matzah Ball mix with added herbs, a drop of Maldon smoked salt, turmeric, eggs etc. This mixture gets covered and refrigerated for at least 20 minutes before you can use it to make matzah balls.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_5149-e1555517724398.jpgIMG_5149Finished Matzah Ball Soup just waiting to make someone's tummy super happy2019-04-17T16:52:40+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2019/04/17/salmon-croquettes-a-delicious-gefilte-fish-alternative/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_4902.jpgIMG_4902https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/salmon-croquettes.jpgSalmon CroquettesFinished Salmon croquette on a dish made by Paul Barchilon2019-04-17T15:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2019/04/08/artichauts-pour-papa-fait-comme-il-faut-artichokes-in-honor-of-my-father-made-correctly/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_5119.jpgIMG_5119https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_e5116.jpgIMG_E5116Artichaux comme il faut!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_5108.jpgIMG_5108Mayonnaise Jacqueshttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bain-marie.jpgBain MarieBain Marie, getting ready to make some artichokes delicious!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_3967.jpgIMG_3967Bain Marie getting ready to bathe and make some artichokes really delicioushttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_3970-1-e1554472989911.jpgIMG_3970 (1)Artichokes in their herb, lemon and garlic bain marie getting ready to bathe and steam and emerge beautiful and ready to enjoy.2019-04-09T14:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/11/03/open-hearted-elections-or-how-to-get-into-the-nicole-zen-zone/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nintendo-garbage-dragon.jpgnintendo-garbage-dragonDragon I found in a bag of garbage along Cherry Creek in Denver. I took a small walk near my father's and Judy's place along the creek, put my feet in the cool water and then picked up garbage along the creek. I did this in between writing this blogpost and publishing it. When I was emptying out the bag of garbage I had colleced, at the bottom of a bag was this dragon. I couldn't throw him out, figured he was a gift for me. I turned him over and it said Nintendo. This, is how the Holy One plays with me. I was just writing about violent games and found this piece of garbage on a walk. I had no idea it was related to a computer game. Funny sense of humor the Universe has!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2015-12-20-10-00-56.jpg2015-12-20-10-00-56Rainbows in Ireland, off the Western Coast in County Sligohttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016-10-04-12-22-48.jpg2016-10-04-12-22-48Post my Big Lagoon Swim, where I pray while I swim for, all those in need of healing, our country, the Lagoon, the Native Ancestors whose presence I am in when I am here, and for all the waters of the world to be clean enough to safely swim in.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016-06-26-10-13-42.jpg2016-06-26-10-13-42Jars of Henry's Olive Oil stuffed with French lavender from my garden or calendula. This is how I make the lavender-infused oil or the calendula-infused oil that I use in the salves I make.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/open-heart-valentine.jpgopen-heart-valentineQueen of Open Hearts and a Rose Witch of Good Repute travelling on Halloween giving out candy to all she meets and offering Blessings to anyone who wants one.2019-04-07T18:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2018/10/24/shabbat-structure-simply-sublime-spiritual-technology/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shabbat-candlelighting.jpgShabbat Candlelightinghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nicole-shabbat.jpgnicole shabbathttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_3610-3-e1540377983797.jpgIMG_3610 (3)Shabbat Table, chez moi in Bayside, wine open and breathing, Challahs covered, salt on the table and right before candle-lighting. Artwork by Thao Le Khac, Joy Dellas, my grandmother Perla Barchilon and some Italian tile maker from a hundred years ago. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_4014.jpgIMG_4014https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_4016-1.jpgIMG_4016 (1)https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_3021-2.jpgIMG_3021 (2)Solo Shabbat in Eire, Holy Hill Hermitage, Ireland, in my cabin named Clare in the Fall of 2016https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_3022.jpgIMG_3022Detail with Angel, sculpture in glass, given to me by a lovely woman who was at Holy Hill for a few days and who was part of a discussion about angels that miraculously occurred and which connected me with the incredible Irish mystic Lorna Byrne who sees and speaks with the angels. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_3020-3.jpgIMG_3020 (3)https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_2999-3-e1540374827476.jpgIMG_2999 (3)Small Challahs, one in a traditional three braid form and one shaped like a Jewish Star of David, there's also that key element SALT!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_2955-1.jpgIMG_2955 (1)My Shabbat Altar from my window seat in Clare. 2019-04-07T18:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2019/04/03/leftover-chicken-lemon-curry-tarragon-soup-and-a-vegan-variation-as-well/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_e5074-e1554305949960.jpgIMG_E50742019-10-13T14:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2018/09/25/best-baba-baby-r-rated-but-worth-it/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_4915-e1537888167747.jpgIMG_4915A very small amount of the hand mushed and textured version of Baba Ganouj/Ganoush. The small cup is a favorite of mine, meant for green tea, but graced with a frog (my favorite creature) and sitting on one of my brother Paul Barchilon's tiles.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_4896.jpgIMG_4896Warm eggplants minus skin, waiting to be gently separated from their seeds.2018-09-25T15:27:20+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2018/04/19/hooray-heaven-driven-and-heading-home-to-my-honey-and-my-hearth/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/blue-shabbat-flowers.jpgBlue Shabbat FlowersThe Banquethttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/berel-hanukah.jpgBerel.Hanukahhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_7896.jpgIMG_7896Chez Papa with my brother Paul Barchilon and his partner Kathryn Taylor. Photo by my cousin Dan Levy of Harvard https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mom-and-ken-by-ellen.jpgMom and Ken by EllenMy mother Helen Redman and Kenny, picture by his sister Ellen.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_0409.jpgIMG_0409Jaime Cohen, Rabbi of Tangiers, my Great Grandfather, lived to be 104https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/may-rose.jpgMay Rose from Theresa MayMy Merrily blooms in May Rose from my Rosey friend Theresa May2018-04-20T18:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2018/03/16/sharing-stories-settling-down-sorting-sifting-and-slowly-letting-go/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4556.jpgIMG_4556Portraits of Perla and my brother Paul by my mother Helen Redman, hanging on the wall with paintings by Perla. Also, a Morrocan Print of my brothers in the bottom corner. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_0404-e1521016315253.jpgPerla PosingPerla, age sixteen or seventeen, Morocco right around the time she married my Granpapa, around the turn of the century.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5438.jpgMorocco Street by PerlaPainting of Moroccan street scene by Perla Barchilonghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_2165.jpgIMG_2165Perla Barchilon, age? She was married to my grandfather Jaime at the age of 16. He was 20. She had five sons and was a painter in Morocco. She's in my blood as well as my children's. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/220px-eloise_book_cover.jpg220px-Eloise_book_coverEloise Bookcover2018-03-18T02:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2018/02/04/having-arrived/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/paula-gravestone-front.jpgPaula Gravestone frontThe front of Paula's grave marker made by DeWain Valentine. The rocks are Jewish offerings that I bring when I visit to commemorate my presence and as place-holders for my memory being as long as a stone's for her.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/paula-gravestone-back.jpgPaula Gravestone backThe back of Paula's grave marker made by DeWain Valentinehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/nicole-dad-1-10-18-2.jpgNicole.Dad.1.10.18.2Papa et moi.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/papa-painting.jpgPapa Painting"Dad wanted to help! He is 94, and doing hospice at home. My sister and I are taking care of him. He has seen me painting tiles non-stop for my big commission, and today he asked if he could help. Took me a little extra time to clean his work, but he was just barely able to do it. He made three tiles. I told him you never know, someone could dig up his tile in 10,000 years. He liked that!" Paul Barchilonhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/shabbat-flowers.jpgShabbat Flowers.Shabbat Flowers on Paul Barchilon Coaster2018-02-08T04:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2018/01/24/nicoles-nutritious-num-num-nummy-nut-balls/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4481.jpgIMG_448125 Nutty, Num, Num, Nummy Nut balls!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4479.jpgIMG_4479Big lump of yummy stuff all adhering together well.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4478.jpgIMG_4478Shredded coconut, ground almonds and chopped Medjool dateshttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4482.jpgIMG_4482Nut Ball with Tart Cherry Heart2018-01-24T17:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/12/21/s-o-s-surrendered-opened-serving/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wyoming-sky.jpgWyoming skyWyoming sky, from the car my husband is driving, on the way to Colorado, to take care of my father.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/nicole-and-dad.jpgNicole and DadMy dad and me, when he was healthy.2017-12-31T20:39:51+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/11/29/omar-and-the-bowls/2017-11-30T05:52:06+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/11/06/night-of-the-dead-by-steve-smith/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/shechinah-mama.jpgShechinah MamaThe offerings of the Shechinah Mama as she is clearly visible in this photo taken by Steve Smithhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/steve-in-mexico.jpgSteve in MexicoLos Nuevos Amigoshttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-twin.jpgThe Twinhttps://www.amazon.com/Twin-Untold-Story-Jesus-Thomas/dp/1542894018/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509972047&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Twin+Stephen+SMithhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/amigo.jpgAmigoAmigo Mitch, fixing Steve's tires.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sierra-gorda.jpgSierra GordaSteve Smith at Sierra Gorda https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dia-de-los-muertos.jpgDia de los MuertosEl Dia de Los Muertos In the casa where I am staying in Jalpan, Mexico, an altar is set up prominently to honor the ones that are loved but seen no longer. Their photos, together with food offerings for their journeys, a shrine to the Virgin Mary, and other mementos are displayed as a living tribute to the dead. It is this way in every casa in this puebla, and throughout Mexico. This tradition fuses the Christian doctrine of the communion of saints with the more ancient beliefs of the distant past. The dead live among us, and together, we and they pass through this temporal life joined together. Across the great divide that separates mortality and the life beyond, an unbroken chain of love binds one and all.2017-11-07T16:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/09/14/a-wedding-hurricanes-harvey-and-irma-some-serious-earthshaking-and-a-moving-memorialwelcome-to-elul-2017/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mom-dad-judy-memorial.jpgMom. Dad. Judy MemorialMy mother Helen Redman, my father Jacques Barchilon taking care of each other at the memorial for Judy Barchilon, Wow, wow, wow!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/eclipse-2017.jpgEclipse 2017Photo by NASAhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4738.jpgIMG_4738https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4739.jpgIMG_4739https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/beth-kraig-wedding.jpgBeth and KraigPhoto by: Studio B. Benton Photograpy http://www.bentonphotography.net/https://www.facebook.com/pg/bentonstudiob/about/?ref=page_internal2017-11-03T09:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/05/03/brazilian-sweet-potato-tomato-and-carmelized-onion-soup/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_4083.jpgimg_4083https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_4088.jpgimg_4088https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_4084.jpgimg_4084https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-02-28-11-40-42-hdr.jpg2014-02-28 11.40.42 HDRThe Eye of Ha-Shem to Bring you a taste of Heaven, like this soup will!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/logo-1up.pnglogo-1up2017-09-13T21:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/04/21/gevurah-grounding-and-getting-to-it/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3680.jpgIMG_3680Heart at the bottom of a tree. Photo taken by my husband while we were on a walk together in Humboldt County, where we live, love and find and hopefully create harmony and balance. for ourselves and all those we encounter.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nicole-clare-red-dress-pre-final-mikveh.jpgNicole Clare Red dress pre.final mikvehMe, in Ireland, surrounded by my companions, the trees and the river and the fire. This is right before my last Irish Mikveh/Immersion in Living Waters in the very cold water just behind me. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3708.jpgIMG_3708The Tree Bark, Beautiful and Boundariedhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/tree-of-life.gifTree of LifeThe Kabbalah assigns every symbol to one or more of the Sefirot. Here is a list of some of the many symbols and correspondences one can find. It comes from Dr. Eliezer Siegel in Calgary. Each of the following lists for each Sefirah is found on Jewish Virtual Library under the name of the Sefirah. Nava Shoham (1-800-ketubah.com) collated all of these entries onto one page, which I've reproduced here (using some of her font colors) with some corrections. This image of the Sefirot here is found all over the web. I've added directions and some alternate names in yellow to the image. If anyone knows the source or artist please let me know. Rabbi David Seidenberg2017-05-07T20:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/04/13/pointed-prickly-and-profound-pesachpassover/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3695.jpgIMG_3695The Altar I made for my father the day I learned about his hip fracture. The wine in the center is for us to drink to his health, the photos are of my father and my daughter, my father and his mother, my father and his wife and two of my favorite angel images. The bowl holding the candle is the bottom of a Moroccan cous cousier. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2014-10-17-03-44-46.jpgHeads together Paula GraveMy brother and I at our sister's grave. It's a place of healing and calm for me always.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3711.jpgIMG_37112017-04-13T22:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/25/heavenly-halek-persian-charoset/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0395.jpgFeldman Home 2012Pesach Table at the Feldman Home 20122017-04-05T14:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/03/16/the-lump-in-the-road-or-all-about-lumpy-bumpy-whumphy-me/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-14-16-02-01.jpg2016-03-14 16.02.01https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2015-11-19-11-31-53.jpg2015-11-19 11.31.53The very common, although totally not common but breathtaking view of a a double rainbow outside my front door. This is what keeps me grateful and in awe all the time here.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mama-nicole-1993.jpgMama Nicole 1993Mama Nicole by Helen Redman 1993 http://birthingthecrone.com/pages/Nicole/Pages/14.htmlhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2004-02-19-17-40-57.jpg2004-02-19 17.40.57Mama Nicole by Helen Redman 1993 http://birthingthecrone.com/pages/Nicole/Pages/14.htmlhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-02-07-15-34-17.jpg2016-02-07 15.34.172017-03-29T16:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/05/lets-talk-salt/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/salt-4.jpgSalt SelectionsSome Salts Sweetly Sitting Strongly Sending Savory Suggestions2017-03-27T09:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/03/09/terrific-turmericcarrot-ginger-cabbage-kim-chi/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3665.jpgIMG_3665https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3669.jpgIMG_3669Rock wrapped in whole cabbage leaf on top of Kim-Chi.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3666.jpgIMG_3666Quart Jar of Kimchi, using two small cabbages, three carrots, it shrinks once you salt and squeezehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3664.jpgIMG_3664Turmeric, Carrots, Salt, Ginger, & Cabbage 2019-12-30T07:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/02/14/emerging-energizing-engaging/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2-13-17-lagoon-side.jpg2-13-17-lagoon-sideBig Lagoon in Northern California, where the waters and I blend into One.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2-13-17.jpg2-13-17https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/trump-card-front.jpgtrump-card-fronthttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/trump-card-back.jpgtrump-card-backhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/post-mikveh.jpgpost-mikvehThis is me post my mikveh at Big Lagoon on the morning of February 13th.2017-04-02T18:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/01/13/lost-in-bed/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/simone.jpgsimoneSimone, by Helen Redman, whose portraits and colors surrounded me and my life and will wake me up always. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rabbi-tarfon-quote.jpgrabbi-tarfon-quotehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bed1.jpgbedMy cozy bed. Artworks by Alice McClelland and my childhood nanny, whose name I do not recall, but this flower has been over my bed since I was a little girl.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bed.jpgbedhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/not-before-nine.jpgnot-before-nineMy bedroom door with the new "Not before Nine sign" underneath the beautiful Klimt poster that reminds me of my husband and I.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3011.jpgimg_3011Winter Full Moon, Holy Hill, January 20162017-04-19T16:40:03+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2017/01/23/praying-in-my-pink-pajamas/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3584.jpgimg_3584One of my favorite books to study when I'm wanting to engage in Torah. Buy this book if you want to have an engaged relationship with the stories in the Torah.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3582.jpgimg_3582Pink on Pink with Torah2017-02-02T00:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/10/31/take-heart/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0224.jpgimg_0224https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0161.jpgimg_0161https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2013-01-04-15-05-01.jpg2013-01-04-15-05-01https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0656.jpgimg_0656https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0337.jpgimg_0337https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0171.jpgimg_0171https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2012-08-22-10-02-30.jpg2012-08-22-10-02-30Vase/Vessel by Paul Barchilon, Table by Shullie Steinfeld. This is the kind of vessel I inhabit, a very colorful, Morrocan one made with love and of EARTH.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1024_nicole_hugging_kids.jpg1024_nicole_hugging_kidsThis photo was taken by my husband, our rescuer. I was 24. My babies were one and three.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0579.jpgimg_0579Purple Poppy with Frilly/Frayed Edges from my deck in Calliforniahttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/deck-rose-005.jpgdeck-rose-005Rose and Dew drops by the Holy One, reminding us all that there is more Beauty and Grace in the universe than we can ever fathom. I grew this Rose and she returns every year to remind me of this and she smells like Heaven!2016-10-31T12:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/donations/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/paypal-donate2.jpgpaypal-donate2https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/paypal-donate1.jpgpaypal-donate1https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/paypal-donate.jpgpaypal-donate2016-09-28T14:14:26+00:00weekly0.6https://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/09/22/tomatillo-salsa-estupenda/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tomatillo-1.jpgtomatillo-1https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tomatillo-detail1.jpgtomatillo-detailhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tomatillo-detail.jpgtomatillo-detailhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tomatillo-skew.jpgtomatillo-skewFall Flowers and Tomatillo Salsa Fresca y Terrifica!2016-09-22T13:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/08/14/bone-time/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-06-07-05-41-52.jpg2016-06-07 05.41.52Trinidad Beach, in California, 5:30 a.m. ish, looking for quiet bone time back home in May of 2016https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nicole-edit-in-stream-ireland.jpgNicole Edit in Stream IrelandLast Mikveh in my small cold stream outside my cabin, in prayer, communion and bold chilling cold April of 2016 at Holy Hillhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-04-17-10-49-36.jpg2016-04-17 10.49.36https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2014-07-13-11-50-54.jpg2014-07-13 11.50.54https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2015-11-19-16-56-27.jpg2015-11-19 16.56.27Strand Hill Beach Sunset between storms in Skreen County Sligo Spring of 20152016-08-16T04:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/05/30/rocket-return-landing-crashing-smashing-rolling-and-running/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-04-17-10-49-25.jpg2016-04-17 10.49.25River Heart from the stream outside my cabin in Ireland, with my thanksgiving offering, two days before I flew home. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/parsley-and-roses.jpgparsley and rosesRoses from my husband, gladiola from my garden and the parsley that went wild. This is one thing I do for myself also, create places of beauty amidst the mess.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-issac-foot-screws.jpgCropped Issac Foot screwsIssac's Right foot with the screws holding his bones together. The large clamp was only in his foot during surgery. The large metal pins on either side of his foot have been in place for several weeks and will be removed in mid-June, hopefully.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/issac-foot-screws.jpgIssac foot screws2016-05-31T21:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2016/04/13/preparing-for-pesach-rain-boxes-and-wrapping-it-all-up/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1024_nicole_hugging_kids.jpg1024_Nicole_Hugging_KidsMe and my two babies 27 years ago when my husband Kevin came into our lives and rescued us from a crazy hard life.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2015-11-19-16-56-03.jpg2015-11-19 16.56.03Dunmoran Strand, the closest beach to my hermitage, about five miles away. I'll be walking here with Brother Thomas physically and forever in my dreams.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2015-11-19-16-56-17.jpg2015-11-19 16.56.17https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/packing-up-boxes-11.jpgpacking up boxes 1My stuff in transition and on soon to be on its way back to Californiahttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-03-14-14-52-14.jpg2016-03-14 14.52.14Me and My Shadow waving goodbye to the North Atlantic Sea 2016-04-15T21:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2002/11/06/life-and-death-matters/2016-03-04T07:46:26+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/12/11/hanukkah-and-the-holy-well/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/holy-well-with-rock.jpgHoly Well with RockThe view from the Rock that heals your back. I am laying on it.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fifth-night-hannukah-with-orchid.jpgFifth night Hannukah with OrchidMy oil filled cups, six of them, five for the fifth night and one worker/Shammes candle and the night, the rain drops on the window, the orchid in the Dark on the fifth night of Channukah, one day before the new moon, after my long, long walk and the miracles of the Holy Well of St. Patrick and Brother Thomas.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/skewed-view-from-rock-patric-and-tree.jpgSkewed View from rock Patric and treeMy view from the rock looking up at St. Patrick above me with the Well beneath me.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/gate-into-holy-well.jpgGate into Holy WellThe Third Gatehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/holy-well-with-steps.jpgHoly Well with StepsOne of the Holy Well's of St. Patrick on December 10, 2015, the 28th of Kislev, Fourth Day of Hanukkah2015-12-12T15:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/12/07/seeing-crows-sitting-still-and-the-second-night-of-hanukkah/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/crows-on-ivy-covered-small-tree.jpgCrows on ivy covered small treehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/crows-window.jpgCrows windowhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/crows-orchid1.jpgcrows orchidhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/crows-orchid.jpgcrows orchid2015-12-19T00:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/11/17/wild-wondering-wandering-wacky-witchy-me/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nicole-at-holy-well-praying-e1447766602259.jpgNicole At Holy Well PrayingAt a Holy Well, meditating in Awe of the wind, the water, the wide, wide Atlantic Ocean I am facing. Photo by Eddie Vegahttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-10-24-16-29-20.jpg2015-10-24 16.29.20At a Holy Well, meditating in Awe of the wind, the water, the wide, wide Atlantic Ocean I am facinghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/donegal-nicole.jpgDonegal NicoleSinging to the Ocean, the Cliffs and the Wind in County Donegal, Ireland2015-11-18T05:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/11/03/%e2%88%bcthe-worm-and-the-elephant-%e2%88%bc-parable-by-paddy-rolleston/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/paddy-3.jpgPaddy 3https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/paddy-1.jpgPaddy 1Paddy Rolleston at the Holy Hill Hermitage Potting wheel. 2015-11-03T23:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/20/im-aware/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/prenatal-trio-helen-redman.jpgPrenatal Trio.Helen RedmanPainting by Helen Redman (my mother). That's me in her tummy and my father behind her, summer 1964.2015-10-04T11:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/09/24/yom-kippur-yom-ha-din-yom-ha-difficulty/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/food-with-view.jpgFood with viewFood for my Body and Soulhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/food-yk-day-after-e1443106473996.jpgFood YK day afterDetail of the Holy Feast!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dahl.jpgDahlA picture of Paul's Dahl, made at my home in California, but the same recipe, although not that amount, as what I ate when Yom Kippur ended. Check out the recipe here, it is ROCK YOUR WORLD great Dahl! Thanks Brother Paul!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mireia-nicole-kiss-640x471.jpgMireia.Nicole.Kiss (640x471)Mireia, a new friend, and I, getting over ourselves and connecting from a deep place, in Barcelona, April of 2013https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_0214.jpgIMG_0214https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-09-22-10-35-58.jpg2015-09-22 10.35.58Erev Yom Kippur at my cabin in Ireland, getting ready for a day alone of fasting and prayers, by setting the space with beauty and white for purity of intention and space2015-09-24T23:32:58+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/09/10/enlightening-enervating-excruciating-enraptured-and-examined-elul-on-the-isle-of-eire/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/elul.jpgelulfrom: https://rabbisremembering.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/elul.jpghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/full-moon-clare.jpgFull Moon ClareAugust Full Moon behind the clouds, my cabin, (named Clare) below, Hi Ney Ni/Here I Am, safe in Home and Hearth and Enraptured in Eire.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/shofar-challah-view.jpgShofar.Challah.ViewShofar, Challah under orange cloth, Shabbat oil-wicks and one of my Holy Views right before Shabbat.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-09-08-13-01-05-hdr.jpg2015-09-08 13.01.05 HDR2015-09-19T05:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/07/23/quaking-for-the-divine-and-jubilee-part-two/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pict0001-3.jpgPICT0001 3Nicole, in her red riding hood cape, age seven in Morocco2015-08-26T09:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/08/18/nettles-and-nipsbrambles-and-breezesblowing-breaking-and-binding/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bedroom-clare.jpgBedroom.ClareMy Bedroom Window with cards from my beloved and a view of brambles leading down to my small steady and musical stream (now that the brambles have been cleared enough for me to get there!)https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/misty-view-clare.jpgMisty View.ClareThe View when the sun isn't shining, which is most of the time, but I get to watch the clouds roll by and it's magnificent!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shabbat-sun-in-window.jpgShabbat Sun in WindowShabbat Sun in Window, not quite time to light candles, but very soon!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shabbat-nicole-in-window.jpgShabbat Nicole in WindowGetting ready for Shabbathttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/breakfast-clare-flowers.jpgBreakfast Clare FlowersMy Breakfast nook view, with flowers from outside my cabin2015-08-18T22:02:07+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/07/29/hadi-the-honeyed-one-and-lovely-lorena/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/crows-on-ground-e1438164681674.jpgcrows on groundCrows or Ravens enjoying rice offered by Hadi and Lorenahttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/view-from-train.jpgView from TrainHeavenly View from my train ride between Dublin and .....https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/paprika_590_492_90.jpgpaprika_590_492_90Paprika from le P'tit Soukhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07-29-07-39-25-hdr.jpgIn the breakfast nook of Hadi & LorenaIn the breakfast nook of Hadi & Lorenahttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/corvus-corvidae-carrion-crow-1.jpgcorvus-corvidae-carrion-crow-1Corvus-corvidae-carrion-crow. Crows, Jays, Ravens image taken from: http://www.factzoo.com/birds/corvidae-family-crows-ravens-jays.html2015-08-12T06:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/06/28/the-unruly-mystic-and-unruly-me/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tree-of-life-hildegard1.jpgtree-of-life-hildegard1Illumination above by Hildegard of Bingen: Cultivating the Cosmic Tree https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/unruly-mystic.jpgUnruly Mystic2015-08-19T15:44:17+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/06/23/aligning-and-attuning-on-the-first-yahrzeit-of-rabbi-zalman-schachter-shalomis-passing/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ein.jpgeinfrom http://www.newkabbalah.com/images/ein.jpghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/zahor-44-001.jpgzahor #44-001Zachor #44 by Mordechai Rosensteinhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/zalman.jpgzalman2015-06-23T22:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/05/estis-parsley-garlic-lemon-jalapeno-supremely-special-sauce/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013-03-25-16-38-48.jpgBowl of freshly washed parsleyParsley ready for Esti's sauce, washed and dry2015-05-23T00:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/05/17/shalom-aleichem-so-long-and-fare-ye-well/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-01-11-00-18-24.jpg2015-01-11 00.18.24My soon to be view from the desk, where I will be writing, writing, writing!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-01-11-00-14-30.jpg2015-01-11 00.14.30My soon to be new home2015-11-01T23:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/09/sample-recipe/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hummus.jpgHummusHummus served right, in a beautiful Moroccan bowl, with Henry's Olive Oil, paprika and chopped parsley from my garden. The plate underneath the bowl was made by my brother Paul Barchilonhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-4.jpgphoto 4https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-31.jpgphoto 3https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-2-e1392929393461.jpgKeep and Usehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-1-e1392929192210.jpgDiscard, Dont Use!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/both-garlic-e1537888839386.jpgboth garlicAlways remove the center of the garlic cloves when using garlic.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/better-garlic.jpgBetter Garlichttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/better-garlic-discard.jpgBetter Garlic Discardhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/garlic-prepared-properly2-e1392925030562.jpgTest https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/garlic-prepared-properly1-e1392920549177.jpgProperly Prepared Garlic2015-05-01T22:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/25/traditional-and-terrific-apple-cinnamon-honey-and-walnut-charoset/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0388.jpgPesach 2012 Feldman HomeSeder Table in Feldman Home in Roseburg, Oregon home of Foon Winery2015-04-28T11:25:18+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/09/sapta-rachels-best-tomato-sauce/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tomatoes-wine.jpgTomatoes & WineTomatoes, Wine and Art from Barcelona2015-04-28T11:23:56+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/04/25/pico-de-gallo-for-shakia/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nicole-shakia-april-2014.jpgNicole & Shakia April 2014ShaKia my new Granddaughter and I. She loves this recipe and I promised her I'd upload it as soon as I got home.2015-04-28T11:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/08/perlas-poussys-peppers/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hummingbird-shabbat-flowers.jpgHummingbird shabbat flowersPaul Barchilon's Ceramic Plate with flowers from Nicole's Gardenhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/perlas-peppers-1-e1394239972966.jpgperlas peppers 1Perla's Peppers2015-04-28T11:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/06/18/perfectly-poised-and-precious-pickled-beets/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2015-03-14-19-50-14.jpg2015-03-14 19.50.14Perfectly Poised and Presented Pickled Beets in a small dish and on a platter both made by Paul Barchilon https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/beets-from-redwood-roots.jpgBeets from Redwood RootsBeets from Redwood Roots Farm, the same ones that end up in this recipe!2015-04-28T11:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/19/pauls-perfect-raita/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/starlight.jpgStarlightPlatter by Paul Barchilon, the other chef in this family whose main medium is ceramic! 2015-04-28T11:21:51+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/18/pauls-indian-daldhaldahl/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/timurid.jpgtimuridTimurid by Paul Barchilon2015-04-28T11:21:15+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/04/02/moroccan-seven-vegetable-cous-cous-with-hot-sauce-in-memory-of-bb-cohen/2015-04-28T11:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/14/french-green-lentils/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-03-04-17-20-31-hdr.jpg2014-03-04 17.20.31 HDRBlack Lentils, not the French Green ones, different recipe too, but the picture is a teaser for the next recipehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-03-04-17-20-18.jpg2014-03-04 17.20.18Black Lentils, not the French Green ones, different recipe too, but the picture is a teaser for the next recipe 2015-04-28T11:17:10+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/12/18/applesauce-and-hanukkah/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/applesauce.jpgApplesaucePeeled and Sliced apples cooking in applejuice.2015-04-28T11:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/12/aishas-heavenly-curried-green-beans/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fatima-in-blue.jpgFatima Cut OutFatima Cut Out by Helen Redman from her Moroccan Women series2015-04-28T11:14:22+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/10/15/a-good-egg/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-15-09-17-31-e1413392745656.jpg2014-10-15 09.17.31The Good Egg, with onions, goat cheese and chipotle peppers, gooey, messy and perfect!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-15-07-45-36-e1413392606415.jpg2014-10-15 07.45.36Free Range Chicken Eggs, multicolored and cracked open, this is the color you want your yokes to be2015-04-28T11:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/04/27/simply-spectacular-and-simple-spinach-tofu-casserole/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-23-18-52-11-e1430134642497.jpg2015-04-23 18.52.112015-04-29T16:05:27+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/08/28/jubilee-part-five-encountering-death-consciously/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/the-other-side-of-birth.jpgThe Other Side of BirthThe Other Side of Birth by Helen Redman, 1994https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1993-04-singing-the-bones.jpg1993-04-Singing the BonesSinging the Bones by Helen Redman, 19932015-04-22T05:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/03/06/moon-and-mussar-musings-on-the-megillah/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hamentash.jpghamentashApricot Hamentaschen, NOT made by me. This is the only cookie you will be getting from me!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/five-faces-of-paul.jpgThe 5 Faces of Paul - 1981The 5 Faces of Paul oil painting -1981 by Helen Redman https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/coup-doiel-morrocain.jpgCoup d'Oeil MarocainCoup d'Oeil Marocain, 1971, pen, ink, collage on paper with (handpainted mat), 22"x16"2015-03-07T02:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/02/23/mammas-marvelous-minestrone-gluten-free-or-gluten-full/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/minestrone.jpgMinestroneMinestrone Cooking on the Stove, smells gooooood!2017-01-30T05:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/02/10/organizing-optimally-nicoles-outrageous-offerings-on-how-to-navigate-large-and-small-events/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2014-09-26-17-03-20.jpg2014-09-26 17.03.20https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2014-09-26-17-03-17.jpg2014-09-26 17.03.17Breaking Bread Together at Temple Beth El, Eureka. Photo by Lorraine Miller-Wolfhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2014-09-26-17-03-12.jpg2014-09-26 17.03.12Pouring the Bubbly at a Rosh Hashanah Luncheon, which I organized for my Jubillee Birthday Celebration2015-02-10T22:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/01/28/mothering-across-time-musings-meanderings-mistakes-and-mastery/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mom-and-me-smiling.jpgMom and Me smilingMother Daughter Love!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mom-catalog.jpgmom Catalog Catalogue cover: Maternal Echo, oil pastel, 43" x 30", 1964https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pict0238-licensedusers-conflicted-copy-2014-11-02.jpgPICT0238 (LicensedUser's conflicted copy 2014-11-02)My mother Helen Redman and my brother Paul Barchilon in 19652015-01-29T08:37:05+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/01/22/impugning-the-tooth-fairy-for-shame-2/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nicole-10-years.jpgNicole-10-years"I Beleave that everything has Fealings." Portrait of Nicole, age 10, with her original artwork, by Helen Redman, 1974https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nicole-and-shadow-2.jpgNicole and Shadow 2Nicole and Shadow 1983 by Helen Redman. This portrait of me ws done by my mother and shows my essential relationship with nature, magic and light and darkhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ethan-bubble-beard.jpgEthan.Bubble.beardMy youngest when he still believed in magic.2015-01-23T14:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/01/20/ode-to-ethan-on-this-his-day-of-birth-january-20th/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ethan-0735.jpgEthan 0735My big boy!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/02-ethan-bike.jpg02-Ethan-BikeEthan and his Mommy's Trikehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nicole-ethan-1997-at-boulder-creek.jpgNicole & Ethan, 1997 At Boulder CreekEthan and his Mommy, summer of 1997https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ethan-and-daddy-hand-day-one.jpgEthan and Daddy Hand Day ONE18 Years ago, Ethan came into the world. This is him with his father's hands.2015-01-22T22:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/01/10/hineyni-here-i-am/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nic011.jpgNic011Sad Nicole Self-Healing Collage with Sunflowers. This photo is of me at age eight. Roxy was five when she came into our lives, but the sadness in her eyes, looked like this.2015-01-10T01:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2015/01/02/remembering-rabbi-aryeh-hirschfield-ztl-of-blessed-memory-crying-a-river-of-tears/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/aryehatpesach.jpgaryehatpesachMy sweet and wonderful teacher, Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfield. Copyright 2010 The Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfield Legacy Trust2015-01-02T23:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/12/22/hanukkah-grinchyness-and-cozy-christmas-musings/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hanukkah-nymiah.jpgHanukkah NymiahHanukkah candles burning so beautifully. Picture by Nymiah Eliyahuhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berel-hanukah-e1419274351293.jpgBerel.HanukahSinging after feasting with dear friend Berel Alexander, while the candles burn.2014-12-30T16:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/12/09/the-woman-whose-pockets-gave-lighta-hannukah-midrash/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/stars_1230_600x450.jpgstars_1230_600x450pockets of light in the universe, pockets of light in our hearts and soulshttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ethan-quilt-detail.jpgEthan Quilt detailhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ethan-quilt.jpgEthan QuiltEthan's baby Quilt, made by Nicole Barchilon Frank2022-12-25T12:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/12/05/jubilee-part-10-high-dry-and-wildish/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/old-pioneer-garden-2.jpgOld Pioneer Garden 2Where I want to be--table and view outside the cabin we stayed in at the Old Pioneer Garden Innhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/old-pioneer-garden.jpgOld Pioneer GardenThe Old Pioneer Garden Inn, Photo by Janeen Singer2014-12-05T19:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/11/25/stuffed-squash-instead-of-turkey-or-with-it-as-you-prefer/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/not-my-squahs.jpgNot my SquahsAnother variation that looks close to how mine do.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/3-just-butternut.jpg3 just butternutNot my recipe, but I am traveling and don't have a picture of this dish. This one looks close to mine though.2014-11-25T21:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/11/21/batata-ben-lamoun-thats-potato-lemon-soup-to-you/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-16-10-22-38.jpg2014-11-16 10.22.38Serious scummy stuffhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-16-10-23-24.jpg2014-11-16 10.23.24Removing scummy stuff from the souphttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/batata-ben-lamoun-detail.jpgBatata ben Lamoun DetailBatata Ben Lamoun soup in a Fire&Light dish, next to coasters made by Paul Barchilon2015-04-20T17:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/11/09/jubilee-part-nine-coming-home-to-my-land-and-simchat-torah/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lev-tahor.giflev-tahortranslation = a pure hearthttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/betvet-h.gifbetvet-hhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lamed.gifLamedhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-07-15-03-32-e1415554024368.jpg2014-11-07 15.03.32Photo taken by Frederic Brenner, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York. 2014-11-10T03:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/10/30/orange-garlic-herbed-butternut-or-delicata-roasted-squash-supreme/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-27-16-54-36-e1414687624514.jpg2014-10-27 16.54.36Squash rounds on baking sheet ready to go into the oven, covered with garlic, oil, herb and orange juice marinadehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-27-17-45-22-e1414687396354.jpg2014-10-27 17.45.22Roasted Butternut Squashhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-27-17-45-28-e1414687179132.jpg2014-10-27 17.45.28Roasted Butternut Squash2014-11-02T21:25:52+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/05/16/more-than-one-fifty-years-since-my-sister-paulas-death-i-remember/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/paula-yahrzeit.jpgPaula.Yahrzeit.Yahrzeit Candle and memory altar for Paula on anniversary of her death.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-10-17-03-46-04.jpg2014-10-17 03.46.04Nicole's Open Heart and Hands, in front of my sister Paula's grave marker.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/more-than-one.jpgMore than OneMore than One by Helen Redman, 1964https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/memorium.jpgmemoriumMemoriam Collage by Helen Redman 1995https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1132.jpgIMG_1132https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/nicole-and-paula.jpgNicole and PaulaMe, at the age, my sister Paula, died next to her grave in Boulder Colorado2014-10-19T14:33:39+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/10/08/fear-elephants-angels-prayers-and-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ngc_2082_barred_spiral_galaxy_constellation_schwertfisch_216380.jpgngc_2082_barred_spiral_galaxy_constellation_schwertfisch_216380Stars singinghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ganesha_basohli_miniature_circa_1730_dubost_p73.jpgGanesha_Basohli_miniature_circa_1730_Dubost_p73Basholi Ganesha circa 1730, National Museum New Delhihttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ganesh-chaturthi-2.jpgGanesh-Chaturthi-2Ganesh-Chaturthi-22014-10-27T18:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/07/30/beyond-the-veils-of-illusion-in-this-world/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pict0002-3.jpgPICT0002 3Two young Jews, my brother Paul and I, in Morocco, in a Moslem garden, at the inner pool.2014-10-06T18:13:49+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/06/14/emerging-adults-and-the-stormy-ride-dreaming-of-calmer-waters/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicoles-puberty-1976-hirez.jpgNicole's Pubertyoil60" x 46"1976Nicole's Puberty 1976 by Helen Redmanhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-and-her-shadow-19-years-1983.jpgNicole and her Shadow (19 Years) - 1983Nicole and her Shadow (19 Years) - 1983 by Helen Redmanhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-beardsley-18-years-1982.jpgNicole & Beardsley (18 Years) - 1982Nicole & Beardsley (18 Years) - 1982 by Helen Redmanhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-in-boots-15-years-1979.jpgNicole in Boots (15 Years) - 1979Nicole in Boots (15 Years) - 1979 by Helen Redmanhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicoles-puberty-1976-e1402979732632.jpgNicole's Puberty - 1976Nicole's Puberty - 1976 by Helen Redmanhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-and-shadow.jpgNicole and ShadowNicole and Shadow 1983 by Helen Redman. This portrait of me ws done by my mother and shows my essential relationship with nature, magic and light and dark.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-and-beardsley.jpgNicole and BeardsleyNicole and Beardsley 1982 by Helen Redmanhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-in-boots.jpgNicole in BootsNicole in Boots by Helen Redman 1979https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-puberty.jpgNicole PubertyNicole's Puberty by Helen Redman 19762014-10-06T18:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/09/30/jubilee-series-part-7-coming-together-with-my-land-skin-and-heart/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1993-05-story-bones.jpg1993-05-Story BonesStory Bones by Helen Redman, 19932014-10-02T21:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/contact/2014-09-29T11:46:38+00:00weekly0.6https://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/09/23/lshana-tova-umetuka-to-sweet-and-good-new-year/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0162.jpgIMG_0162Rosh Hashanah Flowers arranged by Nicole for Temple Beth Elhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2013-04-09-10-07-57.jpg2013-04-09 10.07.57Morning Light in Moroccohttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2013-04-09-10-08-12.jpg2013-04-09 10.08.12Morning Light in Moroccohttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2013-10-15-17-59-15.jpg2013-10-15 17.59.15Sunrise2014-09-29T21:24:26+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/09/17/lemon-pesto-or-pistou/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img00173-20100922-1559.jpgIMG00173-20100922-1559Etrog, an ancient Israeli relative of my best cooking friend the lemon2014-09-17T15:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/09/11/jubilee-part-six-turning-fifty-and-flowing-freely-through-the-tight-center-of-my-own-personal-hour-glass/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pict0138-version-2.jpgPICT0138 - Version 2Me, a few years ago!https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/retreat-cabin-with-flags.pngRetreat Cabin with flagsThe front view of my Retreat Space2014-09-12T02:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/09/05/cool-cucumber-dill-soup-bulgarian-in-origin/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/radka.jpgRadkaPortrait of Radka Donnell by Helen Redmanhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-08-26-21-17-50.png2014-08-26 21.17.50Nicole and her Mama!2014-09-13T19:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/08/21/jubilee-part-four-preparing-others-for-my-departure-death-and-distance/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/maternal-echo-1964.jpgMaternal Echo - 1964Maternal Echo by Helen Redman, self-portrait of my mother with me in utero two months after my sister Paula's death.https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict0129.jpgPICT0129Moroccan Wall/Gate/Passage2014-08-21T21:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/08/15/quickish-summer-eggplant/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/japanese-eggplant.jpgJapanese EggplantJapanese Eggplant2014-08-15T00:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/08/08/iranian-eggplant-sooooooooo-goooooooooood/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/iranian-eggplant-and-kale.jpgIranian Eggplant and KaleIranian Eggplant and Fresh Kalehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/iranian-eggplant.jpgIranian EggplantIranian Eggplant in my favorite cast iron skillet2014-08-08T10:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/30/some-books-i-read-in-2009/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ethan-tintin.jpgEthan tintinEthan reading TinTin at Uncle Paul's House a long time agohttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bookshelf-with-plant.jpgBookshelf with Plant1/1000 th of the books in our home2014-07-23T00:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/currently-unfolding/2014-07-22T21:50:27+00:00weekly0.6https://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/07/08/the-territory-of-loss-mourning-the-death-of-r-meshullam-zalman-hiyya-ben-chaya-gittel-ve-shlomo-hacohen/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/zalman-altar.jpgZalman AltarPhotos of my Rebbe, Flowers from my Garden and the Seven Day Candlehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/zss-celebratory-prayer.jpgzss-celebratory-prayerReb Zalman z"l in celebratory prayer from the CU Boulder archives, photo by Marcia Prager2014-08-26T18:37:10+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/07/04/most-secret/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2012-09-05-18-40-16.jpg2012-09-05 18.40.16The View from my Most Secret cabin at Sunset2014-07-04T19:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/06/24/rest-and-digest-ummmmmmmmmm-not-something-i-am-used-to-doing/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pict0137.jpgPICT0137Skillfully Trampoline Jumping in my youthhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicole-asleep-in-her-basket-1964.jpgNicole Asleep in her Basketoil pastel20" x 25"1964FRAMED - In House1964, me in my panier in France asleep and digesting yummy mommy milk2014-06-24T18:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/28/the-ten-commandments-and-a-few-more-of-nicoles-kitchen/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nicole-cooking.jpgNicole CookingGetting Veggies ready for grillinghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2013-03-25-14-47-35.jpgSeder Plate by Paul BarchilonSeder Plate by Paul Barchilon, Nicole's place-setting for Pesach2014-06-11T23:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/06/04/some-more-book-reviews-these-from-2011/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ethan-tintin.jpgEthan tintinEthan Reading Tintin at Uncle Paul's house, a really long time ago. Reading is always a good idea!2014-06-04T22:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/05/27/m-a-p-s-massage-acupuncture-pedicure-spiritual-practice/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/love.jpgloveRadiant Healthy Flowers on the Bima from Redwood Roots Farm in honor of the Jewish New Year2014-07-10T11:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/05/22/another-partial-reading-list-some-books-from-2010-that-i-reviewed/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bookshelf-heschel-quote.jpgBookshelf Heschel quote2014-05-22T15:35:40+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/05/13/isnt-it-always-love-twenty-five-years-tomorrow/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/kevin-nicole-5-14-89.jpgKevin Nicole 5.14.89Kevin and Nicole May 14, 1989-Wedding Day, Billboard Photoshop made by Helen Redman2014-05-19T13:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/05/09/marathon-mama-sitting-by-the-river-in-my-heart/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jesiah-basket.jpgJesiah BasketHere is the basket of goodies that includes the chain of beads we prayed over and made to send to Jesiah and Wade. https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/elwha-river-log-scott-church-copy.jpgElwha-River-log-Scott-Church-copyhttp://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/images/Elwha-River-log-Scott-Church-copy.jpghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-04-11-10-47-58-hdr.jpg2014-04-11 10.47.58 HDRMy brother Paul Barchilon doing Yoga by the river in Florida while visiting with my Uncle Bob & Aunt Myra2014-05-12T05:20:47+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/04/13/preparing-for-passover-and-setting-a-place-at-the-table-for-the-holiest-guest/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-03-25-14-47-35.jpg2013-03-25 14.47.35Pesach Table Setting with Seder Plate by Paul Barchilon at my home last year.2014-04-13T02:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/04/01/bb-photos/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-10-09-32-18.jpg2013-04-10 09.32.18https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-10-09-32-13.jpg2013-04-10 09.32.13https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-10-09-32-07.jpg2013-04-10 09.32.07https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-10-09-32-00.jpg2013-04-10 09.32.00https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-09-16-47-00.jpg2013-04-09 16.47.00https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-09-16-46-54.jpg2013-04-09 16.46.54https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-09-16-46-51.jpg2013-04-09 16.46.51https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-09-16-46-48.jpg2013-04-09 16.46.48https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-09-16-46-45.jpg2013-04-09 16.46.45https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-09-16-46-38.jpg2013-04-09 16.46.382014-04-02T20:50:35+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/26/praying-in-the-lap-lane/2014-03-26T21:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/27/four-worlds-and-layers-to-the-soul-and-tu-bshevat-meditation/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2013-09-18-15-27-54-hdr.jpgA Holy Table to Meditate on2014-03-06T04:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/04/its-a-small-world-after-all-shouldnt-we-act-like-it/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sederkings-t.jpgsederkings-tSeder Plate by Paul Barchilonhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013-04-09-16-41-59.jpgAtlas MountainsOukmaiden, Atlas Mountainshttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fatima.jpgBerber WomanBerber Woman painting by Helen Redmanhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/omar-bowls.jpgOmar BowlsSilver-rimmed Star of David bowls from Omarhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013-04-08-09-04-30.jpgView of Cemetery from RiadView of Cemetery from Riad in Marrakeshhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mireia-nicole-kiss.jpgMireia Nicole KissMireia Nicole Kiss with Flowershttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013-04-03-10-26-10.jpgWindow in GraciaWindow in Graciahttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/calle-perla.jpgCalle PerlaFrom The Calle Perla In Barchelona2014-03-05T04:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/11/sample-relationship-counseling/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo.jpgIssac and Helen HandsTouching across differences of size, age and perspective2014-03-03T17:28:52+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/03/02/why-ha-shem/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/shiviti.jpgShivitiThe Shiviti Prayer: I have set the Holy One Before Me Always2014-03-02T20:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/28/signing-off-for-shabbat/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1319.jpgShabbat Table in San DiegoShabbat Table set and ready for guests at the home of Helen Redman and Kenny Weissberg Summer 20132014-03-03T06:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/28/what-kind-of-jew-are-you/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/poppy-open.jpgPoppy Open.Open Poppy From Nicole's Deck and Heart, Flower made by The Holy One2014-03-02T17:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/28/theres-too-many-things-to-put-in-a-mouth/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/paul-nursing-nicole-watching.jpgPaul Nursing, Nicole watchingMy brother Paul Barchilon Nursing with me looking on, 19652014-03-02T19:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/24/introduction-to-mussar/2014-02-28T03:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/28/surgery-support-pre-and-post-lists-for-optimal-recovery-for-optimum-recovery/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hand-on-foot-surgery.jpghand on foot before surgeryTigger offering support pre-surgery and loving hands holding foot before surgery2014-02-28T00:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/27/more/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nicole-and-her-shadow.jpgNicole and her Shadow (19 Years) - 1983Nicole and Her Shadow by Helen Redman2014-02-27T22:39:58+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/27/witch-hunt/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/francesca-woodman-nicole-egg.jpgFrancesca Woodman Nicole EggMy friend Francesca Woodman, of Blessed memory, too this photo of me when I was 15.2014-06-25T04:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/20/climate-changes/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2013-04-09-atlas-mountains.jpg2013-04-09 Atlas MountainsAtlas Mountains: Oukmaiden, Morocco, one mile from my Uncle BB's home, April 9, 2013, photo by Nicole Barchilon Frank2014-02-20T23:02:58+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2014/02/18/impugning-the-tooth-fairy-for-shame/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/large-deck-rose.jpgLarge Deck RoseThis is where fairies dream, sleep, play and hidehttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/deck-rose-004.jpgDeck Rose 004Where Faeries like to sleep, when they visit my deck2014-02-20T22:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2012/08/15/sample-poem/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/peaches-on-table.jpgPeaches on TablePeaches from Neukom Family Farm2014-02-20T21:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2012/08/22/once-upon-a-time-in-a-faerie-palace/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fairy-went-marketing.jpgFairy went marketinghttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0581.jpgPoppy From AletaThere's a Flower Fairy hiding inside...2014-02-20T21:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.com/2013/12/18/in-lieu-of/https://open-heart-open-hands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/220px-tzedakah_charity_box_charleston_1820_silver_national_museum_of_american_jewish_history.jpg220px-Tzedakah_(charity)_box,_Charleston,_1820,_silver,_National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_HistoryTzedakah box (Pushke), Charleston, 1820, silver, National Museum of American Jewish History.2014-02-13T17:48:39+00:00monthlyhttps://open-heart-open-hands.comdaily1.02025-07-09T21:24:49+00:00