Maybe it’s the inevitable feature of spending a life wandering around with a dazed (or crazed) look, distracted by bright lights, things that move, smell funny, mesmerized by the glory of the feminine form, or the way faces look as they age or contort with certain emotions. People eventually ask what it is you’re looking … Continue reading
A fish never lies about when the devil has claimed its flesh. I love cooking for reasons other than just making food. I love that it’s piqued my interest into studying and learning about the world and chemistry of food. I often find myself realizing that it inevitably revolves around managing rot to varying degrees … Continue reading
It’s always seemed as if there’s some grand, unwritten rule about life and happiness that I’ve never quite grasped. It’s all perplexing to me. That’s is, the notion that all of it is somehow self balancing – like the yin and yang, like the dark and the light of the day. You’ve likely known it, … Continue reading
I’ve gone through life with people randomly commenting on some ray of talent they think I possess, or some apparent cleverness I might have displayed in some area or another. I love hearing things like that, though I know at certain moments, it’s about the worst thing I could ever hear. On occasion, I’ve found, … Continue reading
It’s not just onion rings, of course – they’re a diversion for me – as is much of what I do in the kitchen. Maybe it’s what I love most about being in there, burying myself in prep or a task that takes care of itself and does better the more I leave it alone. … Continue reading
The only time I ever actually feel a sense of incredible failure is when I compare myself to anyone else. It’s the reason I try never to do so. Maybe it’s the reason why I encourage others to practice the same approach in life… I came across this drawing I did about 5 years ago … Continue reading
It must be one of the telltale signs of getting older; I was going to start off by writing ‘A little while ago…’ when I realized that it was, likely, at least 13 years ago I had the beginnings of this thought. The mere blip on my radar these days would have meant an eternity … Continue reading
For a brief period I’d fallen into the habit of taking my iPhone with me on walks, letting an app run in the background to track my mileage, the terrain, my pace. I fell out out of it a few weeks ago when I neglected to charge it one night and awoke to a nearly … Continue reading
