Category Archives: self image I have been doing a lot of no cooking lately, and that’s a big challenge when you write a food blog. It all began a few months ago when my appetite deserted me, and that’s become my new normal. I have ideas about things to cook; I’ve been planning a post about making a deconstructed stuffed […]  A few years ago I would have assured you (and myself) that I possessed great resilience; I would have stated it unequivocally and categorically. I had evidence of my deep and enduring strength and fortitude. I was not only a survivor; I was a victor, not a victim. My disdain for those who played victim* […]  I’ve been re-reading You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero and in talking about gratitude she suggests that no matter what happens, no matter how great something is, or how much it sucks, or hurts my feelings, or inconveniences me it will benefit me to say to myself “This is good because _________”. Easy enough when things […]  At the end of every December I choose my word for the year to come. My methods for finding my word vary. I ponder, I do stupid quizzes on Face Book, I happen upon them. This is the sort of thing that can’t be forced, and is a cross between very important, and completely insignificant. My words since I […]  We all have ghosts of Christmas past and most of them visit unexpectedly. Unlike the ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge who is warned about their impending arrival, mine sneak up on me. The older I get the more Christmases I accumulate, and the more likely I am to be haunted by what was, or what might have been. I have […] |
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