On Food & Culture
Karla McLaughlin continues a practice that began here in 800 B.C., the domestication of turkeys. I’m grateful to Karen who drove all the way from Montgomery to my home in Houston to deliver this 15 pound organic-fed, free-roaming turkey and two pork loins. She generously […]
I was greeted by two long-time, beloved friends, Kees and Pauline. A beautifully cold and drizzly Dutch evening, we walked along the narrow cobbled street to Het Melkmeisje, “The Milkmaid.” We first dined there in 1992 and have loved it ever since. It’s French country […]
â Facundo Cabral“I am not from here, nor am I from there. No age have I, nor future time, and being happy is the color of my identity.” R.I.P. (My poor translation of his great words)ABOUT ADAN
I’m enjoying the delicious cool pool water as I listen to a CD by Chris Becker, “Saints and Devils.” The music uses nat sound collected over the years, Louisianna musicians, archival data and layers them, arranges them beautifully. It has danceable rhythms, beautiful soulful pieces, […]
Bin Laden was a monstruous mass murderer. An arrogant, evil man with no conscience. I’m glad he’s dead and not able to kill. But celebrating his death is a thorny thing. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, religion editor of the Huffington Post, masterfully frames our collective moment […]
Cooking delicious Mexican food is at the heart of justice and mercy. “El Tren de las Moscas” is a 14-minute video that truly grips. One of those gems of art that keeps hope alive that art is well and growing. I always ask: “Can there […]
Today I started fasting and I’ll do it for two days. It’s to bring attention to the many poor who will go hungry and also those who will die because of the legislation being passed in Congress right now that cancels food for the poor. […]
Tonight’s performance of “An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein” at the Obsidian Art Space was satire renewed and refreshed. In one of the ten short acts (they are so short that you are left wanting more) titlted “Smile,” Bender and his henchmen drag Gibby into […]
Philip Lee sent me this blog entry from quintessential ruminations that details the work that is being done to bring to accountability those in Britain and the US who led the invasion of Iraq. According to IBC, Iraq Body Count, the invasion has killed 155,000 […]
I had no dinner last night but did drink Chilean wine and learned a lot about opera from two friends, opera music makers. Jenni Stephenson of Spacetaker and Viswa Subbaraman of Opera Vista Recalling their conversation this morning I’m actually gleeful. I ended up reading […]