Where Faith, Food and Life Converge
A few months ago I watched the HBO documentary series Farrow vs Allen. I’ve never been a big Woody Allen fan. Since Mia Farrow was in a lot of Woody Allen films, I haven’t seen her in much beyond Rosemary’s Baby. And I think […]
Use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story. I don’t know about you, but particular aspects of my story feel as if they’ve reached an ending. Or, at the very least, that’s the self-talk swirling around in my mind. “I guess you’ve […]
It’s been 2 1/2 years – years! – since I wrote anything here. Because in all honesty, I’ve been broken. I’ve been living with a weird kind of grief and I’ve been living with a secret shame. But I can’t keep hiding behind my […]
I realized something the other day: When I say “yes” to some things, I’m being selfish. I’m not talking about wanting to eat another cookie “yes,” or buying myself a pair of shoes “yes,” although those are pretty selfish, but the kind of “yes” that […]
As this gets published, I’ll be driving to the big city – the REALLY big city – to get my teeth cleaned, get my haircut and go to a funeral. That’s a list, huh? The friend that died was in my German class in high […]
Is summer almost here? It feels like it, at least, where we live! I’m one of those people that keeps my windows open until it feels like I’m a chocolate chip cookie getting all gooey in the oven. With temperatures well above average here, let’s […]
Confession: I didn’t vote for the candidate who is currently the President of the United States. And I also didn’t vote for the candidate that won the popular vote. (I did vote, however. I consider voting to be a privilege and why would I […]
When I was young, I read all the time. Everywhere. Everywhere, all the time. At breakfast I read cereal boxes. In my grandparents’ basement, I read (really) old Life magazines. At the dentist, I read Highlights magazine. During non-school, non-play, non-homework time, I could be […]
When I was growing up, a friend of my parents was driving her daughter to the mall one day. She and her daughter were enjoying time together, laughing and talking about the kind of prom dress the daughter was looking for, when suddenly, a bicyclist […]
I know a lot of mothers. Shoot, I am one. If I had to guess at the one thing that most consistently goes through the heads of almost all of the moms I know it’s this: “Am I doing it right?” From the first moment […]