My someday Thanksgiving
This is a different kind of thankfulness. The kind that looks at blessings past and present, grabs hold of heartstrings and translates the emotional gobeldy gook into a promise for the […]
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Happy Birthday, Dad
This post was written for the Friday Night Dinner blog. Eating together is an art I learned at an early age. And if you spend any time around me, you […]
Fed by a father
I remember the first meal my dad made after my mom passed away. I guess you couldn’t even call it a meal. A snack, maybe. Or better yet, a snack […]
A bite of home
Think fast. What food comes to mind when you think ‘American‘? Did your mind become flooded with images of hot dogs? Those balmy summer days when your little fingers wrapped […]
She gave me soup
What do you eat when you’re sick? … Chicken noodle soup. What do you teach a kid to dunk their grilled cheese into? … Good ole tomato soup. What food […]
Harvest
The words Fall and harvest are like two peas in a pod – or maybe two acorn squash on a vine. It’s the time of year when we find barrels […]
A little time for a lot of good
There are 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week and about 8,766 hours in a year. Most of us spend a significant amount of that time sleeping, […]
Shape matters
While some may get a rouse out of the saying, “size matters,” I’d like to argue that it’s shape that matters most. Maybe I should provide some context so you […]
who aren’t you inviting?
I know my dinner guests. Their faces pop into my mind as clear as a freshly cleaned window. Before they even arrive I can hear their voices, the various inflections […]
A powerful table
As the small, flaky wafer slowly dissolved on my tongue, a man on stage spoke a message that caused me to hold my breath. I was sitting in church, taking […]
