Accidental Discoveries

            When I was a single adult, the loneliness didn’t come on Valentine’s Day, when I showed up alone to a wedding...

             Like all kids growing up, at times I felt out of place—at school, at church, with friends and even in my own f...

Now that's what I call diversity.  A tome on the science and history of foods.  A late-elementary kid's book that's delightful t...

Already missing the magic of those celebratory twelve days full of gift-giving, feasting, New Year's toasts, and jingling bells?  Check ...

Or should be, but it's just not very clear what that even means. I wrote about it, here and here (in that column thing I do). ...

Ever get lured in by the shiny pots or silk camis, even though you think you're immune to that thing called consumerism?  Well, me to...

So, back before I retired to become a naptime writer/one-pupil-teacher (who is pretty much still on order and wonder and how to eat ), I ta...