Have you seen Bren’s character pieces, “The Madness of Common Saints”? His character is a poet-cum-street preacher-cum-homeless nut, driven only to perform his poetry no matter how people react to him.
It was part of the latest season of Hothouse Films. I shot it! It’s worth watching a couple of times to catch [...]
It is with a surprising sense of fear that I announce: we finished the fast! Today, for the first time in 21 days, we can partake of meat, dairy, eggs, caffeine, herbal tea, alcohol and leavened bread.
I’m kinda scared of going back to normal though. Ironic, given that at the outset, I wasn’t [...]
I struggled to come up with a recipe this week.
Sometimes, I’m blessed with a flash of inspiration, say with last week’s Butternut Squash, Sweet Potato and Pickled Mango Soup.
Most of the time though, I’m not. I rack my brains on Monday and Tuesday. I think about it while I’m on the [...]
As part of the Daniel Fast, Bren and I have been giving up swearing too. While it hasn’t been too difficult, every now and then, we catch ourselves usually when we hurt ourselves or we’re irritated. Our substitutes tend toward the obvious: “mess” instead of sh*t, “fudge” instead of f**k. It’s funny [...]
I’m not sure what to write about today. I’m at a loss!
So I thought I’d mention that the Bocuse d’Or, the so-called gold medal of Olympic cooking competitions, began today in Paris. 24 chefs from all over the world will cook a meat dish for 12, and a seafood for 12, in [...]
Isn’t my husband cute?
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Sorry for the late post! Today has been… a lot to take, good stuff, but a struggle nonetheless; whoever led me to believe that life would be easy as long as you were a good person was totally full of it! Aside from that, I’ve been feeling a bit wiped out I confess, [...]
We’re still on the Daniel Fast, which will wrap up next Wednesday. All in all, the weeks have flown by, and the biggest cravings I’ve had were for coffee while reading the paper, and … huh, I can’t really think of anything else. It’s actually been surprisingly do-able. One of the [...]
Thanks to those of you who were bold enough to say what you think about abortion in response to my “Life?” post. There’s a healthy debate going in the comment section there if you want to read it or take part. Thanks guys!
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aarti
I envy those of you buried under a foot of snow; I doubt you feel like you’re in an enviable position but, there’s something unnatural about the weather here: 80 degrees in January. Even in Dubai, it wasn’t that hot at the beginning of the year.
Out of solidarity with you or stubborn rebellion against [...]