Happiness is a warm bowl of soup, to paraphrase Linus. Speaking of Linus, I heard on NPR last week (OH NO. Stop me now. Starting sentences with “I heard on NPR…” ranks right up there with, “One time, in band camp…”).So I’m afraid, due to self-censorship, we’ll never learn what the story was I heard [...] More »

This was a welcome home soup, something I made to provide a bit of comfort against the cold, cold work week. The hint of rosemary and a splash of lemon at the end really brightened up the flavor. As with all soups, it got better each day. Lentil Soup Ingredients: 2 TB olive oil 1 white onion, chopped 2 [...] More »

Do you ever just feel like you are being left behind? Not in the creepy, Kirk Cameron movies about the apocalypse for teens kind of way, but in the, “life is going on around me and I am standing still at the moment” kind of way?  I don’t feel like this often (and never by choice) but [...] More »