“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.â€Â ― Paulo Coehlo (b. 8/24), “The Alchemist†[…]
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Keeping the wolf at bay with MFK
Before the Internet, before Food Network, before Julia Child, before TV, there was a writer of food and her medium (Egads!), was the humble printed word. There was a writer whose words were so potent, her prose so swarthy, that, upon seeing her work, publishers decided a woman would never […]
Celebrating a birthday…and a blog
“If you’re going to try, go all the way./otherwise, don’t even start.†The words – from Charles Bukowski’s thrilling poem, “Roll the Dice†— cut sharp and deep and they loom, and if you have things you want to do, keep the words in mind to set a fire lapping […]