Izzie and I were in Target recently. It was close to Christmas and the store was full of shoppers. Every aisle was crammed with people, sardines packed tight with overfilled red carts. One woman in the make-up aisle seemed especially harried. She mowed over my child, clearly irritated that the sea of humanity wasn’t parting […]
We once had a dog named Maya that was obsessed with this specific neon green tennis ball. Nothing made her happier than retrieving that ball over and over for any human willing to toss it for her. The human tired of this retrieval game far quicker than Maya. The Universe is like Maya, loyal and […]
When I was young, my parents had a friend who threw these amazing holiday parties at his cabin in Disputanta. Driving across the Rockcastle County line meant Christmas had truly arrived. We drank cider and strung popcorn and danced whenever someone picked up a fiddle or banjo to make the season bluegrassy. The host was […]
In the early 80’s, I rode the school bus to and from Providence Elementary. All the kids called our bus driver Sit Down and Shut Up because all we ever heard him say was, “Sitdownandshutup,” bellowed in one raspy breath as if the statement were a single word. That rude declaration might get a bus […]
My love for carbohydrates is no secret. My father is a renowned baker and makes homemade bread, rolls and biscuits almost every week. Growing up, many a bad day was turned around by a hot roll dipped in melted, salted butter. For me, homemade bread tastes like comfort. Last week, I got my rolling pin […]
The Viking war god Odin is normally portrayed with one eye, bloody hands and his two ravens Huginn and Muninn sitting atop his shoulders. It is said that during the Yule festival, Odin transforms into a tall, gaunt traveler, bedecked in a blue, fur-trimmed coat. He mounts his trusty stead Sleipner, an eight-legged, white horse, […]
