Saturday, January 7, 2012
Michael and I have been in the general area of Saint Louis for over a year now. We’ve seen and done some really cool stuff, here. When we first moved, I worried a lot. Would I be able to see concerts? Would I be able to go see indie movies? The truth is, Saint Louis [...]
Monday, November 28, 2011
Michael and I just got back from a trip to visit our families in the DC-area. I’ll probably devote an entry to the train ride because Amtrak has made some fantastic changes to the Capitol Limited route and it excited me. While we were in the area, I insisted on going to the National Zoo [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
Autumn. You have to enjoy it in Missouri, because you only get a week. Joking, joking. Still, is there anything more reminiscent of fall than squash? Probably. But this meal has been in our rotation for awhile. It’s vegan, it’s balanced, it’s just kind of warm, in a hard to explain way. Michael and I [...]
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The world is a storm. We come in, screaming like waves shattering on a beach. We are battered by rain and by wind. Clouds and lightning keep us from seeing ourselves or our world clearly. We are, essentially, alone. Our struggles are fought mostly alone, mostly internally. We can reach out and hold hands, but [...]
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
This meal is simply red beans and rice. There’s no freaking vegetables – outside of an onion – mixed in with the red beans and rice. It is simple, stick to your ribs, spiced perfectly, cooked all damn day food. It is extraordinary, and at the same time it is terribly ordinary. There is nothing [...]
This is a recipe from the 21-day vegan kick start program, put out by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. I’m not going to push that program or PCRM, because I don’t agree with everything they say and do and quite a few of the recipes we tried from the kick start program were appalling. [...]
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Is good food hard? Time-consuming? Expensive? Sometimes. Sometimes not. I invite you all to join me periodically for a digression into what we’re cooking and eating. I’m considering hosting a separate blog for the subject, but for now, it will be here, categorized as “Recipes”. And in many ways, it belongs here. Michael and me [...]
I had a rough week. Actually, I’ve had a rough month. Some stuff came to a head this week, and I said to myself, “time to start looking for a counselor.” Mistake number one. At first, I was irritated because I was only finding counselors who identified as ‘Christian counselors.’ I find this offensive mostly [...]
Thursday, October 13, 2011
In my teens, I played guitar for a pretty substansial period of time. Mostly classical style. I don’t think I was very good, but I could sight-read reasonably well and I think I did okay for how stubby my fingers are. I had friends who were all writing their own music — metal or punk [...]
There’s been this surge lately to talk about the current generation of young men in this country, and how they lack purpose. For all the insights social scientists and everyone are stirring into the pot, I think they mis-characterize men. I spend most of my day browsing the internet, which, as I made to understand, is [...]