Don’t ask me where I’ve been. I can’t remember. For the last month I’ve been struggling with just about every aspect of my life, juggling, balancing, trying to fit together all the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle that is my life.
And, mostly, I’ve been attending a dark, brooding, pity-party as I hopelessly criticize myself [...]
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Where are you going? Where have you been?
Posted in family, food, slacking, writing on November 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sunday Gravy
Posted in childhood, family, food, tradition on September 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
There is no better food in the world than Sunday gravy.
Before I tell you why, let me clear up a few things. There’s a lot of debate about what to call tomatoes cooked to serve over pasta. Is it sauce? Gravy? Something else? I won’t tell you that you’re right or wrong, whatever you think, [...]
Ode to the PB&J
Posted in food, groceries, health on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re at that side of the food cycle — little is left in the refrigerator, grocery shopping day is next week. Luckily, the kids love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I can see them as a prominent menu item for the next few days.
I’ve noticed, though, that lots of folks seem sorta against the [...]
Food, Glorious Food
Posted in food on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I don’t fight with my kids about food any more. I used to, until pretty recently. Back then, I’d get upset that no one but Cooper would try anything new, that everything had to be dipped in ketchup, that cucumbers and frozen corn were the only vegetables palatable to the girls. I [...]