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Many people, wanting to live their lives in more interesting ways, will decide to take the occasional cooking lesson here and there, all the while continuing to do whatever it is they do for a âliving.â I went in the other direction. I started cooking for a living, and in the process, ended up with […]
There is nothing I can think of in the early years of my existence back in suburban Chicago that would have led me, or anyone else for that matter, to believe that the story of my life would later be transformed by a deep connection to food and cooking. We ate supper together more often […]
Remember March 2020? What were you doing a year ago–in the âbeforeâ time? Personally, I was spending a lot of time on the phone. We were interviewing prospects for a newly available position as a ZingTrain Trainer. Someone who could help pick up the load at the end of July when I would be stepping […]
At the end of this week, I have a new pamphlet coming out. Like the pandemic, it wasnât something Iâd planned for. While the idea for the previous pamphletââHumility: A Humble, Anarchistic, Inquiryââhad been in the works for over a year, the idea for this one only came into my head a couple months ago. […]
Thereâs a musician whose work I like who records under the moniker âhoney the witch.â In her piece âwhen the world ends,â she sings the line, âwhat a strange time it is to be alive.â Thatâs an understatement if I ever heard one. But if strengths lead to weaknessesâand weaknesses, in turn, can later courteously […]
One of the most common themes of the last six months is how different things are going to be after the pandemic. I keep hearing how we need new thinking to get out of the current situation. But the interesting thing to me is that thereâs more than enough insightful old thinking already out there to help […]
Breathe.Thatâs most certainly a suggestion, not an order. If youâre game, go for it again. Breathe. Many mornings, I write that word when Iâm journaling. Sometimes I might write it every few lines as Iâm getting going. Each time I write it, I take a deep, slow breath (as I did just now). Mindful breathing wonât fix […]
There have been a lot of mentions in the news of late about badly behaved anarchists, sinisterly dressed in black, throwing rocks and causing riots. I usually just ignore stuff like this in the newsâitâs just old biases continuing to be bandied about as they have since Emma Goldman started public speaking. The other day […]
