I have been frustrated with myself the last few days. Ok. More like these past few months. I have projects that I want to dive into and I have found myself very distracted. Ok. Fine. It has been an issue with me for a long time. There. Happy? Anyway. There have been things that I … Continue reading Stop trying to hit me and hit me.
Learning to be consistent. In cooking and in life.
I am a Food Network junkie. It is usually what we have on in the evenings. (So much so that my son, who is two and a half, knows most all of the Food Network chef's and asks for them by name...) One of my new favorite shows is Restaurant: Impossible. It is a lot like … Continue reading Learning to be consistent. In cooking and in life.
A knight in shining armor?
I have been reading back through some stuff I wrote a while back. What you see in italics below is circa 2002, I think. I wrote this bit about how I viewed my relationship with Marixa. I would like to share it with you. I will add some comments at the bottom. My armor is … Continue reading A knight in shining armor?
Telling the story well.
Some people are natural storytellers. It is like breathing. They draw you in and you are with them until the very end of the telling. Some people are really good at this. Others are not. But, that shouldn't stop you from telling a story worth hearing. Especially if it is one that you have lived. … Continue reading Telling the story well.
Get me out of this rut.
Have you ever had a conversation with someone and thought, "Wow, it feels like no time has gone by at all"? I had one of these not too long ago. I hadn't seen them in many years, but we picked back up into conversations that we had long ago. The same types of coversations anyway. … Continue reading Get me out of this rut.

