Heather Mitchell Manheim
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Heather studied Creative Writing and Journalisim in school, and has been writing and reading since she was a child. When she isn't writing, she loves to travel, bake/cook, watch classic movies and photography.
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The Mysterious Barn
Even though it's been nearly forty years, I can still smell the summer grass from that evening, wet with dew. I can still see the fireflies, blinking on and off. And I can see the old, faded walls of the barn, each crack in the wood laced with a story.
By Heather Mitchell Manheim5 years ago in Fiction
Silky Chocolate and Orange Vegan Pie w/ Vegan Whipped "Cream"
Eating a vegan diet is not only kind to our bodies but to animals and the environment as well. Anything we can do to eat vegan, even if only occasionally, can have a substantial positive impact. But does that mean vegan desserts are bland and uninteresting? Absolutely not! And, while it is great to keep it simple and quick, it doesn't mean a vegan should always be relegated to the corner with a bowl of sorbet or fruit salad for dessert. There is a bevy of bountiful desserts just waiting to please the vegan palate, such as this Silky Chocolate and Orange Vegan Pie. This dessert will "wow" those you make this for, vegans and non-vegans alike!
By Heather Mitchell Manheim5 years ago in Feast
A T-Rex Gets a Ticket
Have you ever had a boss – that kind of boss – that makes you cringe when you think about them, even when you're not at work? I did, and I did something about it that I'm not really proud of, although I admit it made me feel great at the time.
By Heather Mitchell Manheim5 years ago in Confessions
What’s Flavoring Your Cookies?
Did you know a group of cats can be called a “glaring” or a “clowder?” Unless they’re feral cats, then it’s a “pounce.” Or in the case of kittens, a “litter” or a “kindle”! Or did you know that McDonald’s developed bubble-gum flavored broccoli in an attempt to get children to eat more vegetables? How about that figs are not fruit but an inverted flower? More fig trivia includes that every fig we eat has a decomposed wasp in it. Figs require a specific kind of pollination that can only come from fig wasps. A female wasp crawls through a hole, and the entrance is so narrow, she loses her wings and then becomes trapped. If the fig is male, she’ll lay her eggs that hatch into larvae, who burrow out, turn into wasps, and fly off, carrying fig pollen with them. If the fig is female – this the kind of fig we eat – the fig wasp pollinates it but can’t lay eggs due to lack of space inside the fig. The wasp dies, and the fig produces an enzyme that digests the wasp completely, so rest assured, any crunchy bits you encounter are seeds, not wasp parts. And yes, this happens every single time a fig wasp flies into a female fig.
By Heather Mitchell Manheim5 years ago in FYI
