A personal journey.
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People
My kryptonite and my lifeline. What I think people think I should be or am, and fighting against it. Meeting people and exchanging various forms of love, nourishing each another, often in the most ordinary places (passing a stranger on the sidewalk and sharing a smile). I’m lucky to tread a balance, but often stray…
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A Thought from Grandpa Joe.
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. If we fix on the old, we get stuck. When we hang onto any form, we are in danger…
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What do you call it when you don’t write? Hell? Oh, block.
2:44am. It’s been a long time since I’ve written. Just woke from a dream in which a woman is talking about writing with a fountain pen and how it is perfect for those times when you know what you want to write, and it is relatively short. Then I woke up and thought, I guess…
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Because
You can start anywhere, and there will still be stuff before that, just as pertinent to the story you want to tell. But you have to start somewhere, so a good recipe. I’m supposed to have a game plan, a clear picture of where this is going, but honestly, the idea started in 2004, and…
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In the Beginning
There was a recipe. A very good, plain recipe to nourish the body and mind. Lentils, Monastery Style (Adapted from Diet for a Small Planet, by Frances Moore Lappé) 2 Tbsp olive oil 2 large onions, chopped 2 carrots, chopped ½ teaspoon thyme ½ teaspoon marjoram 3 cups seasoned stock 1 cup lentils, rinsed Salt…