Onion Dip

As I look at this vase of roses in my kitchen, I contemplate how lovely they are. I think about how much pleasure a simple bouquet of flowers can bring. As I delve deeper in thought, I remember how much I like this vase and …

Do you have photos or memories of days and moments when you are gloriously happy? This photo captures such a moment for me. There are very few places that I enjoy being more than outside, feeling breezes, gazing at the ocean as the tides roll …

On the final day of last year, I shared the first part of a series of writings on the glorious Paul Robeson tomato. If you’re interested, you can take a look here. The meat of it was to talk history through the medium of food. …

Chitins ’ Anyone? When I think of chitterlings, or rather “chitlins”, I automatically think of my mom, an aunt, and my sister. My sister, Rita, cooks chitlins on special occasions for family and friends. She stirs the chitlins for hours while I kid her about …

During the last year, many of our family traditions have been placed on pause. Christmas 2021, was such an occasion! With 70 degree weather on Christmas Day, we carried the holiday meal to an outdoor pavilion at one of the Georgia State parks. We brought …

Some times you have to just go with the flow. When you can’t get together for a big Christmas celebration, who says that you can’t have a beautiful intimate dinner for two or three or….. Cheers everyone!

The glory of these Amaryllises is unfolding day by day. Three bulbs, each doing their own thing: sprouting, budding and blooming in their own time.

More of Greece I recently shared my visit to the Acropolis here. Here are a few more photos of my time in Greece.

Reminiscing Gazing at this cluster of buildings for the first time was like viewing a masterpiece that I’ve waited all of my life to see. Sitting on a mound of earth and having been built over two thousand years ago, the Parthenon rises to the …

I looked outside tonight when we retired upstairs around 11:30pm. About six deer had invited themselves to dinner. As they grazed on the grass, I watched them in fascination while they huddled together, serving themselves the tender grass that we had recently planted. They ate …