Edwin Goes to Cooking School and I don’t…

  And so 2011 begins. I’m thrilled for the opportunity to think about renewal, starting-over and leaving behind. Thus, my short list […]

  Today I am finishing up the holiday decor around the house.  For us, this centers around about 50 artificial

  Today is Ed’s last cooking day in Culinary School.  Tonight is Grand Buffet #2, there being one last week

  It might be “the world’ best dog food”, however, our dogs including the current foster-turned-pet Dakota all eat dry

  Sometimes I am simply taken by surprise by a single day and Friday was one of those rare and

  Ed had an interview at a restaurant this week – his first.  ‘Just the kind of high-end, locally sourced

  I am beginning this entry on September 1, 2010 and don’t expect I will post it until I have

  Is apologizing overrated?  Today I was offended and hurt by something a person I love and respect said to

  People talk to me.  Not just friends and family who often turn to me for advice and comfort, but

  A favorite read of mine, by attorney and later fiction writer Stephen L Carter, is Integrity.  Originally published in