Let me tell you about something beautiful that happened today ( Read more... )

Dear Academia: Don't call me Dr. Huffman. I don't want that title, and your applying it to me is beginning to offend me ( Read more... )

There is something that pleases me in watching a group of cars move out of the way for an emergency vehicle. It's the idea of this diverse group of motorists all agreeing to suspend the rules of the road and prioritize the needs of someone in distress. There's a harmony in the way everyone pulls over. It's a little thing that makes me feel better ( Read more... )

Today was Julia Child day at 926 Spaight, in which a great number of excellent foods were prepared.

The other day, Lynnette and Michael were watching an episode of The French Chef, and I happened into the living room. I started thinking about how it is that I, and many others, sometimes watch cooking shows, but rarely actually get around to making ( Read more... )

And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent, and its restless or ineffectual activism has come to an end, when everything around you is still, as it is in eternity, then eternity asks you and every individual in these millions and millions about only one thing ( Read more... )

It's odd to think that there are dozens of people with copies of my work on their wall, none of whom I've ever met. This didn't really hit home until today, when I saw a blog post which features a print sitting in someone's living room: http://www.sidonie.com/2011 ( Read more... )

I think sometimes that many people do not realize how strong I am, the courage and fortitude it takes to fight through days when everything seems so dark. Functioning with depression is likely to be my life's greatest achievement ( Read more... )

Garlic scape pesto is definitely one of the best food ideas I've had. Especially when used to make a pseudo-bruschetta.

Fortunately, when I get an interesting food idea, I usually don't have to actually invent a recipe -- someone else on the Internet has usually figured it out for me.

Today ( Read more... )

"Eat well, live well." Big letters on the side of a food cart by the Capitol, which immediately take me back ten years ( Read more... )