Thanksgiving Sell Out

November 22, 2011

So much for Thanksgiving being the lone holiday that’s not bastardized by consumerism. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. I love the focus on food and family and friends. It’s the one time of year we embrace cooking real food and sharing it with the people we love. There’s a casual elegance to the [...]

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About Time

November 21, 2011

  I’m not sure how I regarded Time before I had children (not the band, though they do have a song called “The Bird.”). I suppose I never considered milestones and firsts. Well, there are the obvious bridges we cross that entail Pomp and Circumstance or Pachelbel’s Canon. Pomp and Circumstance makes me cry, even [...]

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Thanksgiving Menu

November 20, 2011

It’s almost Thanksgiving, and I haven’t finalized my menu yet. Other than cranberry sauce and the fennel gratin my friend Kim turned me on to, I have no idea what I’m serving. That means I haven’t shopped for groceries yet. That means I’ll be elbowing my way through the macaroni aisle alongside the other procrastinators [...]

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Pantry Staples

November 19, 2011

I like to cook. I like to eat. I cook pretty often for my family and friends, and some people wonder how I manage to do it. For starters, nothing I cook is fancy or complicated. I believe in homecooked food that is simple and simply tasty. I don’t make my own marshmallows or anything [...]

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Wahoowa – 5:00 Fridays

November 18, 2011

We took Bird and Deal to their first college football game last weekend. We enjoyed a gorgeous weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, home of my alma mater and the town where I grew up. Luckily, UVa. beat Duke, though not handily enough for my taste. The boys wrapped their arms around each other and swayed and [...]

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Offering Another Perspective on The Broad Side

November 17, 2011

  I’m talking over at The Broad Side today. I have another perspective on the Penn State abuse case. It’s a perspective that has yet to be touched by the media. Do we foster a culture of abuse? Do we stand by and let the abused suffer while the abuser gets off (literally and figuratively)? [...]

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Thomas Jefferson’s Boots & Mine – Wordless Wednesday

November 16, 2011

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Talking to My Sons About Penn State

November 15, 2011

  I’m sorry if it seems I’m prattling on about Penn State (and now the Citadel). I literally cannot stop thinking about it. I look at my innocent Bird and Deal and want to scoop them up to protect them forever. I cannot begin to imagine the lives of those abused boys. I cannot imagine [...]

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Don’t Stop Believing

November 14, 2011

I’m worried that this might be the last year my sons believe in Santa. Based on all the trash talking Bird has learned in third grade, I am just waiting for some little shit kid to burst the Santa bubble. He will pounce out of the school hallway and shriek to me that SANTA ISN’T [...]

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Going Home

November 13, 2011

Make your own slideshow design I spent the weekend in my hometown. We took a little jaunt to Charlottesville, Virginia, the place I consider home and the home of my alma mater. We tailgated with some old friends, watched Virginia beat Duke, ate at some Charlottesville institutions, toured the town, learned a bit about Thomas [...]

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