Somewhere between yesterday and today, between last year and this year, I have grown deeper in my capacity to endure loss.  I suppose it comes with age.  The older we get, the more relationships we’ll forge, and the more loved ones we’ll see pass away.  A big sad sigh.  It’s simple logic. For me, this 2025 year, I have said goodbye to my mom.  She was a bona fide “feisty” force of nature, a funny “crackpot,” a talented “crochet artist,” an avid “Dutch-team” soccer fan, a “sin

Chickpea season is back!  Well, the hot, cook-over-the-stove kind of chickpeas, best enjoyed during those cooler October to April months.  Scroll back to two previous posts.  I sing the praises of another “hot” Milk Street chickpea dish called “Crispy Pasta with Chickpeas, Lemon, and Parsley” (Italian-style). Mmm. That dish is all fun to gobble up during those early spring days, when the sun is quite noticeably keeping us company longer, and the screen door is starting to r

"Somehow, the sunset has found Robert Redford." He was my first Hollywood crush, the star of some of my most beloved films (1973's "The...

Don’t take your foot off the gas.  Even if you tried, that supernatural Southwestern spirit might not let you.  Instead, hitch your 1970s...