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In the Temple of My Daily Life

August 16, 2013

When I was getting ready to host poetry night, I remembered a large box upstairs that my sister and mother packed and sent to me several years ago, long before my  mother died. They were sorting through things, and asked me what I would like. I’d tried to open and look at everything in the […]

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Vegan Versions: Off-Beat Baba Ganoush

August 12, 2013

Something about orange food must put the devil in me. Remember, if you’re getting to be old as the hills, like I am, when Orange Julius burst on the scene and its slogan was “a devilishly good drink”? Well, that’s what I always think about adding something orange to a perfectly good recipe. And that […]

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The Slow Miracle of My Yoga Practice: Like a Waterfall, Like a Child

August 9, 2013

The yoga mat you see rolled up in this corner is the one I’ve practiced on for several years. I didn’t realize until I thought to take a shot of it in its resting place as a way to begin that it rests under the central remains of a mural that was once on a […]

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A Last Bite (The Blessing) from Whole

August 1, 2013

Perhaps one of the most memorable sentences in my reading of Whole comes in Chapter 14 toward the end of Dr. Campbell’s description of his wife’s experience with melanoma: “I feel that Karen’s diet not only helped her after her cancer diagnosis, but in the years preceding it.”  What strikes me about this sentence is […]

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How Much Is an Ounce? (And The Easiest Avocado Dressing in the World)

July 29, 2013

I was a very literal child. When I was hospitalized at age 4 for a routine tonsillectomy, the evening before the surgery my Mother said she and my Dad were going to get a bite to eat, and that they’d be right back. “Are you sure it’s just a bite?” I asked. That seemed unlikely […]

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Let’s Do Lunch?

July 25, 2013

I can count on one hand how many times I’ve been out to lunch or dinner in the past five years: exactly five. And four of those five times have happened in the last six months. Why did I stay away from going out to eat for so long? I feel ready to let that […]

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Month of the Barefoot Moon

June 27, 2013

When we were kids, as soon as the weather got warmer my sister and I wanted to go barefoot. Once that started, most of the time we stayed barefoot for the rest of the season. I can still remember the feel of the grass, the difference between the painted lines on the crosswalk and the excruciatingly […]

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Wild Mushroom and Two Rice Pilaf

June 25, 2013

I am a gleaner and a forager. I love finding treasures, especially living edible treasures, that no one wants or uses or recognizes as treasure. Maybe it’s the French half of my ancestry that draws me to this activity.  One of my favorite documentaries is The Gleaners and I by French filmmaker Agnes Vardas. Living a […]

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Better Than It Was

June 20, 2013

When my MS symptoms first became detrimental enough that I had to notice something was going on that would not go away on its own, I was a single working Mom about to be 40. I taught 3 writing classes at the university, which meant I lugged 75 papers home and graded them every two […]

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A Slice From Whole

June 14, 2013

Sometimes when I’m reading a book, something hits me so profoundly that I have to pause for a few days or even more and let it sink in. The other night that happened while I was reading Whole, Dr. Campbell’s new book. I had just finished Chapter 7, “Reductionist Biology,” and the next day I expected […]

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