A Vegetarian Survival Guide for Thanksgiving
I freaking love Thanksgiving. I love that the holiday invites reflectiveness and gratitude as well as merriment. I love the relative absence of soul-sucking commercialism…
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Make Soup, Not War
Is anyone else out there as deeply disturbed by current events as I am right now? I know we’ve always had war in various places…
Bread and Spirituality
On the eve of our daughter’s third birthday, she and I spent hours in the kitchen baking bread. We mixed. We kneaded. We waited. We…
What Works: Solo playdates
In my column about nonnegotiables, I talked about Julia Cameron’s concept from The Artist’s Way of the “artist date” — where you make a playdate…
The Meaning of the Game
Job takes a look in the mirror. He brushes his teeth and slaps his face, trying to wake up for his first day on the…
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Return to the Lent calendar. Lent Quotable If we’re not willing to settle for junk living, we certainly shouldn’t settle for junk food.— Sally Edwards…
