As a rule I am not overly sentimental. I am not one who saves stacks of photo albums or souvenirs or old socks from high school, or, as Phil does, every T-shirt he’s ever owned. Right now that’s a good thing—sort of. What few relics I have found worthy of …
Phil and I this evening were talking about how much fun we have together. It’s true. We do. We laugh and talk …
2016, with its mirthless misery taught me with no uncertainty that nothing about this life is reliable. Entire chunks of a family …
Every journey begins with putting on your shoes. Or filling out an application for a scholarship to one of the best writing …
Phil is writing a book. He’s doing this one book festival at a time during the slow periods when people are tucked …
If you’ve read Blue Moon Vegetarian, you know why this photo depicts a milestone. If you’ve ever renovated a kitchen, you also know …
I love keeping track of oddities that pique my attention when I’m travelling, especially if there is wisdom or a note of …
On my mind tonight is my dear friend Ed McClanahan, much-beloved Kentucky author of such well-regarded books as The Natural Man and O The …
True to my promise to myself, in September, when I dove into the autumn’s writing work full on, I also started …
Tomatoes are poisonous. That’s what people once thought. Now we know they are good for all kinds of things from fighting cancer …
The words “blue moon” have a certain musicality to them. Poetic thanks to the assonant sounds making up their middles. We all …
Once in a while I have what I’ve come to think of as a destiny day. It’s where things line up—whether it’s …
The magical second time around. Good for lovers and careers, but not so good for bank robbers. More bank robbers get away with …
If you’ve read Blue Moon Vegetarian, you know that I tried hard early in my and Phil’s relationship to learn to …
The time has finally arrived when I get to announce the release of my new cookbook Blue Moon Vegan! As you …
It was ejected from my computer the day of its original deadline, sidelined while the photographer waited out the last days of a difficult pregnancy, lost …
Deep in the caverns of my computer is a file quietly labeled “Blue Moon Vegan 2.” Coming from someone who had no intentions of …
I think I go through it every year at this time. I don’t even know what to call it: shutting down, transitioning, …
The last few days have been a bit overwhelming, trying to get ready for the new semester and finishing the final round …
I’ve spent the past two weeks with my aging parents, helping them navigate the here and now while trying to survive myself in …
The moment every writer dreads: turning on the computer to your most current project, only to find it missing, gone, vanished into the …
Well. I certainly had no idea that writing a cookbook would take so much time and effort. But it has, it does, …
Lest you think that following a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle means giving up yummies, I decided that the day after National Chip …
I’m getting into this little habit of trying to post a recipe for each holiday, but President’s Day had me stumped until …
