Any Day Now…
“Zig. Zag.” I enunciate the words clearly in the kitchen as I squeeze the dressing bottle to demonstrate how I want the aioli drizzled over the fresh greens. “Ass. Hole.” Dad shoots back, snatching the bottle and splurping random squiggles, dollops and swirls across the salad he’s dressing. At least he’s wearing his […]
Watch Shannon prepare this Saturday’s special: Old Fashioned Chili
#Hashtag This#
I don’t do snippets well. I’m pretty adept with snippy, as my cafe regulars often remind me. But the language that drives social media — concise, artful, quippy — eludes me. So do the visuals. I think in essays and full-length books. This presents a challenge as I work to communicate with the next generation. […]
Algebra Tears
This morning, I’m crying over the algebra textbooks. Not for the usual reasons folks cry over algebra. My hands press into them, as though by pushing down, I can hold her here. Like this. With me. Always. The reality that I’m letting go of my oldest child now shadows my days constantly, even though she […]
Tocqueville Meets Theater Geeks
“I’ll only do it if you’re doing it.” “I’ll only do it if you’re gonna do it.” The dialog between Saoirse and Bob has played over and over in our family for the past six weeks, like one of those Instagram boomerang videos. They’d been trying to decide whether or not to audition for the […]
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