Returning food to the sacred
Jon and I just got back to our family cabin in Idyllwild, California this week after 3 months of travel. And it was 3 months of fast travel as opposed to slow travel which is what we tend to either aspire to or do. This means that we didn’t stay in any one place longer […]
I love fried eggs and rice. Two eggs over hard with a bit of accessory crunch, white rice and on occasion, depending on how the rice was made (moist or dry) a small sliver of butter melting on top. It is my most favorite comfort food passed down to me by my father, who would […]
As many of you know, my mother has Alzheimer’s and we have been in the process of taking care of all the things a life contains and needs attending to when you begin to loose the capacity to manage them. My mother can no longer live alone. But it’s also time for my brother, who […]
Throughout my life I have had moments of overeating to stuff back feelings. Discomfort, pain, grief that might have seemed much to large to deal with, always seemed quieter when I ate more than I needed to. I think it’s like this for many of us. We comfort ourselves with food in order to quiet […]
My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s last year. It’s moderate to severe at this point and though there are points where her memory is fairly ok, her ability to manage the day to day routines of life has been seriously impaired. This is compounded by the fact that she use to be my brother’s primary […]
We have all witnessed a lot of talk in the last few months about Oprah’s involvement with Weight Watchers. There are those in the excitement camp, feeling that this will be a new burst of energy and popularity in the business that had been seeing a decline in popularity and those that are shocked that […]
A Winter Blessing For You I wish for you to feel the warm soft shroud of Winter’s cool darkness, no matter what climate you might be living in currently. That this shroud be a sense of internal safety, a call home to that place within you that has always been there. Safe, strong, healing and […]
