Category: Food and Drink

  • But why is it comfortable to be numb? No one likes to think of herself as a dolt. You need to trust your senses when top secret messages fall from the sky. How else are we supposed to figure out the meaning of life? Don't you want to know? Do you find any of this…

  • I'm a grown woman, for God's sake. I can leave the house for ten minutes and go for a walk. Can't they understand that? And then he runs out of the house, barefoot and clad in too-large-for-his-skinny-frame neon green pajamas. Maia and Pookie walk by this house nearly every day; she's never seen the boy…

  • So here's what I wanted to tell you the other day in Piggly Wiggly => => More people need to make art for medicinal purposes. Cheap therapy! But does that art always have to be labeled with a $9.99 sticker and set out on the shelves? Ask yourself: Would someone who does not live inside…

  • just stop and think for a moment about that moment when all the forces of the universe converged inside one bleary eyed thought while watching some old b&w costume drama after a week of very very little sleep and the kids stopped with the crying but the milk went bad and there was not a…

  • "Ok, I'll concede the point," Stevie said in-between bites of a pineapple and Gruyère sandwich on banana bread, "but what I was trying to get you to understand is magic is made up of words, words are found in books, books are a nifty and convenient delivery system for language. Language creates worlds where magic…

  • A spark arced across the wire. A lady wants me to pay her $10.00 if I want to read her online scribbles/blog/magnum opus/un mémoire thing. It's a one-time fee but I will pass on the opportunity. I'm sure she's very nice, though perhaps a bit tipsy. Go here if you need something to read, boys…

  • You tell tales of every make and model because you must. If you don't, the earth will devour you like a pack of Nutty Bars made with love by Diminutive Deborah. Be the author of your own life. Write every day and/or night to gain insight. Right? The thing that takes up all the space…

  • There's magic stoppered in those dark shiny bottles. Thing is, not everyone gets a swig of the wisdom. A lot of folks swallow the hook and well-rehearsed line and thank their luckies they sidestepped the pain. Little secret? The pain is what loosens our spines and gets us up on out of here. Here is…

  • Madness ensues when you bring your own bear to a New Year's Eve soirée. It's not a party anyway until you've wrestled the large hairy mammal standing watch over the bar. The white goes flying and red ruins everything. Kick the year off with twisted limbs and a heart on one's sleeve. If the beast…

  •   Tempting:treats on tray Tough to pass up:human food Cream puffs:big no no