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Although every day should be Earth Day, it’s cool that we have a day to heighten awareness and reflect on doing a better job caring for our world. Checking on the Earth Day happenings at EarthDay.org, I found that one of the ongoing ecological campaigns […]
If Easter lilies are white, perhaps these gorgeous red lilies are Good Friday lilies.
I wrote the haiku below a couple of years ago, after visiting Notre Dame on a business trip just a few weeks after my Dad died. Like so many people all around the world, I’m heartbroken about today’s fire that so badly damaged this beloved […]
UT Jazz Composers: Round Table Discussion
I’m not on the recommended pace to write a poem each day this month to participate in National Poetry Month, but this one happened in about 30 seconds. There will never be another muse like my Dad. He was a remarkable, wonderful, loving, accepting, listening […]
The Grill-Meister and I had a rockin’ good time learning to make sushi at a date-night cooking class.
If jambalaya is shrimp, sausage, rice and goodies, and you already have it, why not amp it up by adding more sausage and more shrimp? It would be like meta-jambalaya!
The orange tree reminds us that spring is here, even though it is cold and wet.
A vignette in the produce section inspired a poem about dads and daughters.
My cousin’s kid is a baker with big dreams about the Culinary Institute’s summer camp and a future bakery.
A live big band recording of a jazz take on a pop song – it works! The University of Texas Jazz Orchestra hits a home run with “Baby I”.
An early morning foray into the empty streets of the city as it prepared for another day of a vibrant festival.
Monteith’s Close on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile really knows how to make you feel like they are glad you’re there. And they have an award-winning bartender who created The Outsider Cocktail.
I thought this picture was about the birds, until I saw the sky.
Even a broccoli-hater will eat this salad. Guaranteed. (Hint: it’s the bacon!)
