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 […]
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Strong Girl: Bryony
Meet Bryony. Bryony Owen. Trauma Bond. Two words that hold great power on their own. Put them together and the dynamics instantly change. It’s rare that I hear a person […]
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, […]
How often is enough?
If you’re keeping up a healthy diet, and I hope that you are, you eat dinner seven times a week. Now, those seven dinners can be a chance for 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 […]
Radical hospitality
Does this image look familiar? Most of us have seen the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast. Maybe it was during our childhood, perhaps we caught it when we were […]
Short and sweet
When I say “sweet,” you think icing, pink sugary frosting that licks the tops of round cherry-chip cookies. When you bite into one, a rush of candied-fruit flavors floods your […]
Pearl at the table
“There are two pearls,” my dad told me. “Well, two that I’ve found so far.” Pearls? My eyes widened and I craned my neck forward, waiting to hear about where […]
Tradition, tradition!
A man with leathery skin, wearing a well-worn tweed vest and a prayer cloth, ladles fresh milk into a dull tin canister. His name is Tevye, a father of five […]
