Sea Wolf is one of my favorite bands. In reality, this song is particularly sad, yet it offers a smidgen of hope. The man in the song has been abused in childhood by both his father and brother… And yet. “It’s the winter windows that ends become beginnings.” Since my friend Karen Maezen Miller’s one-day […]
Mother’s Plunge Retreat and Renewal
Honey, let me tell you somethin’. Listen to me now, because I’ve got a gold nugget of info for you, as precious as a Lindor truffle. I know…I’m excited, too. There’s a one-day retreat coming up in less than two months that you won’t want to miss. It’s the Mother’s Plunge. What’s that, you say? […]
Mother’s Autumn Plunge
Dear, sweet mother friends of mine (and men, too, who happen to be overworked and exhausted), guess what? Karen Maezen Miller of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood is coming here, to Rochester, MN, to give a one-day retreat in October. [You’ll know how much Karen’s words have meant to me in the […]
Chocolate Ice Cream & Winner of Momma Zen!
From us to you on this warm Wednesday. Adapted from The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins, one of my all-time favorite cookbooks. Bittersweet Chocolate Ice Cream 4 extra-large egg yolks 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup milk 1 cup heavy or whipping cream 7 oz. good-quality bittersweet chocolate, broken into small pieces […]
Dialogue in Fiction
Today is for writers…or readers who are interested in craft. I just read Benjamin Percy’s fabulous article on “The Geometry of Dialogue” in the Poets & Writers Magazine, July/August 2009 issue. Unfortunately, it’s only available in print, so if you’re a writer, run–don’t walk–to the nearest Barnes & Noble to grab a copy. Percy’s piece […]