All the Beautiful Messy Bits

All the Beautiful Messy Bits Hello. Welcome. I'm Rebecca Anne, aka Becky. I'm a Rhode Island-based student of life with a litt I am learning the beauty in the messy bits.

Integrating this aspirational intention - mind, body, and spirit - is the adventure. You have your journey and I have mine. Take my hand and we can walk together.

Sept 8: Fire sun and fingernail moon. Balance.
09/08/2026

Sept 8: Fire sun and fingernail moon. Balance.

September in Rhode Island - warm air, warm ocean, zero humidity, and not a cloud to be seen. A 12 out of 10 - lucky me....
09/07/2026

September in Rhode Island - warm air, warm ocean, zero humidity, and not a cloud to be seen. A 12 out of 10 - lucky me.

Summer Plated. A morning trip to Hope Street Farmers Market led me to zucchini from Michele Kozloski and corn from Daily...
08/16/2026

Summer Plated.

A morning trip to Hope Street Farmers Market led me to zucchini from Michele Kozloski and corn from Daily Farm. Pasta, onion and mozzarella came from Dave’s Fresh Marketplace and the tomatoes, garlic and herbs from my garden.

Summer Plated Pasta

Sweat 1 small onion until just starting to color.
Add 2-3 gloves of minced garlic - stir together until fragrant.
Add the kernels from 2 fresh ears of corn (cut from the cob) and 1 zucchini (I quartered it, sliced the quarters in 4 and then cut 1/2” chunks). Season with healthy pinches of each pepper and salt.
Sautee together until zucchini is starting to soften about 10 minutes.
At the same time, boil water for pasta. Cook preferred pasta to package instructions.
Add 1/2 ladle of starchy pasta water to the vegetables with 1/4 cup of finely grated Parmesan cheese. Mix together.
Drain the pasta well - and mix into the veggies.

Serve topped with roughly chopped fresh basil and chives - perhaps as salt and pepper to your liking.

We also chose a caprese salad - because….summer.

I am woefully behind on , so a teaser taste of what I am reading and have read. A mix of genres this time. Find me on T...
08/09/2026

I am woefully behind on , so a teaser taste of what I am reading and have read. A mix of genres this time.
Find me on The StoryGraph to follow my full . All books courtesy of Lincoln Public Library.

Perfect pairings - all from seed and my backyard. Doesn’t have to be big to be awesome.
07/31/2026

Perfect pairings - all from seed and my backyard. Doesn’t have to be big to be awesome.

This brings me joy. Fire pit nights in the summer - soul food.
07/26/2026

This brings me joy. Fire pit nights in the summer - soul food.

My reading pile (courtesy of ) with a side of fresh basil and Ms Foxy. Currently I am reading ’s “The Night We Lost Him...
06/28/2026

My reading pile (courtesy of ) with a side of fresh basil and Ms Foxy.

Currently I am reading ’s “The Night We Lost Him”.

June 21 2026Book review for the Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara DavisI often consider how much I like a book based on ...
06/21/2026

June 21 2026

Book review for the Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis
I often consider how much I like a book based on whether I miss the characters when the book is complete.
Elzibeth (aka Lizzy), Althea, Andrew, Evvie and Ranna are, even with a touch of the feminine magik thrown in, are relatable and very easy to like.
Althea is the imperfect, yet wise teacher/grandmother/matriarch is present mostly via memories (just and unjust), journals and “recipe” books for her farm & apothecary, and from letters she wrote before her death. She maintained her lineage in written word and in how she cared for the ills of others through natural remedies, I could hear her voice us loudly is if she’d been a living character.

Lizzy, the granddaughter and actual last in the Moon lineage, is who we all are: someone seeking to forge own path, to be seen in the ways she wants to be seen (even when she’s hiding), hindered by fear, anxiety and misplaced ability to trust her instinct. She is unsure how to be herself in a family of strong women who each has fought their own challenges, been misperceived and treated poorly due lack of to understanding.

Lizzie’s journey (intertwined with the story of Ranna, her estranged mother) is one of learning to embrace ancestral teaching, fight for truth and justice, forge forgiveness amid the harshest of circumstances, and be willing to listen and love.

The plot lines mix an unsolved (but assumed suspect) murder being resurrected, old wounds opening and finding their healing, and the means to step into one’s truth with vulnerability, grace, and possibility.

Overall, a sweet story that was easy to enjoy. Thank you Barbara Davis for another story from your pen.

So and I did a fun twist on class today. Yoga on the pitch AND I got to meet Chip.
06/21/2026

So and I did a fun twist on class today. Yoga on the pitch AND I got to meet Chip.

A pretty typical breakfast for me: fiber, protein, fat with a touch of healthy carbs. Avocado & strawberries (fiber), h...
06/18/2026

A pretty typical breakfast for me: fiber, protein, fat with a touch of healthy carbs.
Avocado & strawberries (fiber), hard boiled egg (protein), avocado (fat) with homemade sourdough thinly sliced (carbs) and furikake seasoning (flavor and minerals).

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