Giving thanks
Western-style ovens are not common in China. I own a sort of toaster oven on steroids, large enough to accomodate a dozen very strategically placed muffin cups. It is not large enough to handle a chicken, never mind a turkey. So, when questions of Thanksgiving dinner arose, my American friends and I were at a…
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This video is so beautiful in its simplicity. I urge you to share it, for the power of the message and the potential for change.
Read MoreOf cabbages and kings
There was terrible traffic. My alarm didn’t go off. The weather really slowed things up. There was a cabbage and fish sale at the grocery store. As far as morning delays go, this is definitely a new one for me. There’s a grocery store in the basement of the building where I work, and when…
Read MoreBroken record
Apologies (again) for my long absence. It hasn’t been for lack of interesting things to share, rather it’s been a combination of work schedule and laziness that has kept me away from you. To make up for the prolonged pause, I’ve migrated the blog over to WordPress (tada!) and made the site its very own…
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Read MoreThe Diet Diaries: #3 (A baking miracle!)
Over the years, the Internet has brought me countless hours of wonder and delight. Starting with the family’s first dial-up connection to Prodigy (technically more of an intranet, but I’m not here to split hairs) I have been glued to that magic portal. After all this time together, today I experienced my first Internet-related religious…
Read MoreCathedrals
Looking for a cd to play in the car, I found a bunch of old mixes from my college years. Most of them are only labeled with the date, and those that have titles are non-descriptive things like “for the drive to Waldorf.” (Apparently my creativity did not extend as far as my music collection.) …
Read MoreKitty want to get high?
Ever wonder what it would be like if you were a cat on LSD? Me neither. However, Friskies seems to think that taking your cat on a wild dance through fields of baby chickens at each meal is a key selling point. If this looks at all familiar to you, perhaps you recall the extra-trippy…
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