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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Days of Honey. - Annia Ciezadlo

The Nytimes says -Ms. Ciezadlo is a seasoned young foreign correspondent — she reported from Baghdad for The Christian Science Monitor and from Beirut for The New Republic — who in “Day of Honey” turns her attention to Middle Eastern culinary traditions and to “the millions of small ways people cope” during wartime. Her book is among the least political, and most intimate and valuable, to have come out of the Iraq war.

It's a unique angle on ingesting war and the coping mechanisms built to go on. The food descriptions inspire one to open one's palate and core dinning s. the  dealing with living in war torn strife is challenging as you are grateful not to be in it yet saddened and guilt laden for having relative ease.

Food is a key part of everyone'slife, whether its live to eat or eat to live. Brigham has always had his own take on the reading / eating discussion and I thank him for the invitation


Food alone can not make peace. It is part of war, like everything else. We can break bread with our neighbors and kill them the next. Food is just an excuse - an opportunity to know your neighbors. When you share it  with others , it becomes something more.

In talking with kid guess the  mom-made foodscare our anchor. Cinammon rolls, salmonn, ribs, trifle, scones, and pancakes for a Saturday .   But they have to be at least similar to how mom makes them, or else they are just food. I wonder what a. Pioneer's take on the subject would be?

Saturday, November 10, 2012

End of the Volleyball Season



Rindy is one of the most productive people I know. Not busy for the sake of being busy but always actively engaged in adding value and  creating. Mackey has played many a volleyball game as her high school volleyball draws to a close; and those games have created opportunities for many a stitch. The fruits of which our in our home. For those who have seen her stitching - here is evidence of closure. The Crab and The Lobster - lovely companions. Its more than just spread sheets, sheet rock, seminary, and spades full of dirt for this talented woman.