Some days are better than most... generally, I keep on keeping on, grow, maintain, etc... but every now and then something triggers that bottomless nothingness that reminds me that my father is gone from this world. I was just bouncing around youtube watching videos of sorts and then stumbled across some bits from a "Gothic meets Classik" concert ( Read more... )

for some reason, my website's blog stopped crossposting here... not that I've written anything in about a year, but still. just posted a reflection upon my father's passing last September. first words I've committed to the topic since... difficult still, but at least I'm finally at a place where I'm able to voice these things.

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I have been blessed with a number of great guides in this world of cheese that I have been navigating the last several years of my life. Most of them are women, and among them Daphne Zepos was one of...Continue Reading »

all this 9/11 memorial media blitzing is making me more than a little ill today... despite not having a tv or radio. seeing facebook status after facebook status of "Never forget!" is getting to me ( Read more... )

I met Marnie Clarke a couple years ago in a hotel room in Chicago. In Gordon and Sheana's room at the historic Hilton, site of the 1968 Democratic Convention and riots to be more specific. It was during the American...Continue Reading »

Check out this wonderful video from Christine Hyatt, aka the Cheese Chick. Shot on location at The Wedge Festival in Portland, featuring Artisan and Farmstead cheesemakers of the Pacific Northwest.This message embodies what I try to support as a cheesemonger...Continue Reading »

This isn't an entry about food per se, but when it comes to my passion and the way that I live my life day to day, the things I do... this post is about a piece of who I am....Continue Reading »

It's strange to think that it's been 20 years since the Loma Prieta quake. It doesn't seem that long ago, at all ( Read more... )

Wowza! Has it really been almost seven months since my last post? Crazy...The date of my last entry here just about coincides with when I officially took over as Manager for the Cheese & Charcuterie department at Liberty Heights. Understandably,...Continue Reading »

received a rewarding compliment today at work ( Read more... )