Food for Thought, and Thoughts of Food

Food for Thought (1) or Thoughts of Food (2)
Musings:
These ideas are both true, we can’t really separate them out, although the former can be non-food related. Perhaps that’s food for the soul, which is just as important sometimes for a person as the physical, edible type.
So, as some things nourish my spirit, psyche, soul, emotional [...]

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Slow Driving Reveals the Unexpected

Last summer I was on my way to Springfield, IL. Usually the trip takes abaout an hour and a half, but lots of road works caused very slow, one-lane driving for many miles, and it took twice as long. But that was okay. It forced me to almost “stop and smell the roses”. It’s [...]

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You Have to Learn the Universal Language

Clermont-Ferrand, June 2004
We have a light lunch in a small café called ‘1900’ on Place d’Espagne (close to the lovely Romanesque Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Port) in Clermont-Ferrand. It’s Wednesday, a no-school day, and we are served by a young boy, about 13 years old—perhaps the owner’s son—who was very friendly and sweet. Joanna was charmed! We heard [...]

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