Life Without Twinkies
In case you somehow missed the news this week - Hostess has filed for bankruptcy! For some, this is cause for panic and consternation. ...
Motivated to Move
My brother hates going to the gym this time of year. Apparently it’s inundated with people who’ve resolved to get in shape, which would...
Feeding with Love - Communion, or Food for the Spirit
Note: This is the fifth and final part of my series on “Feeding with Love”. Also, my apologies if I have offended anyone with the...
Feeding with Love - Feeding the Hungry
Note: Part of my series on Feeding with Love Have you ever been hungry, so famished that you feel like you could eat anything, and the...
Feeding with Love - Vitamin L
Have you ever heard someone say “I can taste the love” when eating food prepared by caring hands? Or have you noticed yourself how a dish...
Feeding with Love - Showing We Care
Note: Part of my series on Feeding with Love This time of year can be very rough for people trying to be careful of their weight and what...
Feeding with Love - Love Feast
Note: The Sunday before Thanksgiving this year, I went to the All Souls Unitarian Universalist church in Brattleboro, Vermont. They were...
Tricking or Treating
The first fall after I moved into my condo, when October rolled around, I did what every good American did. I bought Halloween candy. I...
Treating Yourself
“Treating yourself is never wrong.” That was the pithy phrase in the wrapper of a Dove dark chocolate I recently ate. I can understand...
Forgoing Food
What would you give up if it meant that you could live forever and have eternal youthful? Sunlight? Your soul? Food? That question came...