A simple test to determine if a food is objectively tasty
My friends, Kim and Andrew, were kind enough to include a dish of canned jellied cranberry sauce on their Thanksgiving table for me.I love canned jellied cranberry sauce.I also brought…
Today I give thanks for something intangible and improbable and incredibly powerful
On this Thanksgiving, I am grateful for possibility.Perhaps I will always be a mid-list author who publishes a novel every year or two.A storyteller and speaker who takes the stage…
Canned, jellied cranberry sauce will not go the way of the dodo (or the Twinkie) if I have anything to say about it.
For the lovers of canned, jellied cranberry sauce, here’s some terrifying news: It would appear that this Thanksgiving Day staple is on the decline. When I went to the grocery…
18 reasons for me to be thankful on Thanksgiving 2014
1. My children, who are my greatest blessing in life. I find joy in everything that they do. Many people warned me about how difficult parenting would be. They were…
The preferred Thanksgiving Day meal time
I enjoyed a lovely and perfect Thanksgiving yesterday. In the company of some of our best friends, we shared food, conversation, and football. We chatted about our work and our…
This piece in Slate by Allison Benedikt is ridiculous link bait. It’s also offensive to my children.
I love Slate. I probably read Slate more than anything else on the Internet. But occasionally Slate publishes pieces that amount to nothing more than link bait, and Allison Benedikt’s…
