In the Kitchen with Nora

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas!

This season can feel like a tangle of ribbons, joy and exhaustion, beauty and chaos all knotted together. So today, I hope you give yourself permission to breathe. To savor. To taste every moment like it matters, because it does.

May you feed your body with care, your soul with wonder, and your community with compassion.

From my kitchen, and my heart,
♥️ Nora

12/20/2025

A beautiful evening at ❤️

12/11/2025

December Mobile Food Pantry for those in need.
December 18th
Grace Church 164 Flat Creek Trail, Fayetteville

The Real Life Center's December Mobile Food Pantry is scheduled for Thursday, December 18th. Please advise people to arrive before 10AM for check in or to register. A light breakfast will be served between 8AM and 10AM.

11/29/2025

“ You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”
Margery Williams - The Velveteen Rabbit, 1922.

Shirley Kite

11/27/2025

In my kitchen, I teach people how to nourish their bodies. In this week’s column, I share a story about what it feels like when nourishment is scarce.
And on this Thanksgiving, I’m thinking of everyone carrying hunger, in their stomachs, in their memories, or in the fear of not having enough.
May we feed each other with compassion, dignity, and care. Wishing you all a warm, nourishing Thanksgiving! 🧡

In Romania, the regime starved its people. In America, policy choices do the same. Snowflakes spun in the streetlights that night, cold and glittering, as w ...

11/27/2025

I am so proud of my husband! Grateful for you Quentin D Pullen every day ❤️ Thank you, Jack for seeing him!

When Quentin “Coach Q” Pullen first appeared at a Saturday morning meeting of the local chapter of a political party, he asked a question that cut straight ...

11/13/2025

This is awesome! Kindness, generosity, and service are learned at a young age. These students are an example to the community!

Bennett’s Mill Middle School recently participated in “Pennies for the Pantry,” an initiative that raised $1,216 and collected 704 canned food items to support Compassion Ministries Food Pantry.

10/27/2025

This November, the library's Teen Advisory Council invites you to be a champion for your community by donating to our food drive! As the holiday season approaches, let's come together to ensure no one goes hungry.

Your donations of canned goods, pasta, rice, and other non-perishables can light up someone's day and fill their table.

Drop off your contributions at the library beginning on Saturday, November 1 and help us spread warmth and kindness. Together, we can make a meaningful impact!

10/06/2025

Fayette Senior Services announces the start of the annual Meals on Wheels Project Love campaign, and organizers are challenging citizens and businesses of the community to make a difference this

08/20/2025

New study from ECU finds exercise could reduce breast cancer recurrence 💪🏼🏋🏽‍♀️ 🏃🏻‍♀️

Exercise could potentially reduce the recurrence rate of breast cancer, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found.

08/18/2025

Under-muscled = frail & prone to breaking - we need to take better care of ourselves by strength training 🏋🏽‍♀️ & nourishing our bodies well 🫘🐟🥗. Need some help, let’s talk!

We start to lose muscle in our 30s, and the loss accelerates with age, putting us at risk of frailty later in life. But what you eat — specifically how much protein — is a big part of the solution.

08/11/2025

To every student starting fresh this year: you are not alone. And to every parent, neighbor, and classmate, you have the power to make someone feel they belong.

I arrived in America as a high school sophomore, 15 years old, awkward, and foreign in every conceivable way. My English was fragile at best. In Romania, I ...