This is Metropolitan United Methodist, the church where I’m living this summer. It is gorgeous, inside and out. “I’m pregaming for a midlife crisis” is what I tell people when I explain my interest in service work. “I’m worried that I’ll turn 40 and realize that I haven’t done anything meaningful in my life, and …
My mother’s cousin, Kathy, shared this article with me while we were sitting at my parent’s kitchen table this weekend, discussing family and life and everything. It made me feel some feelings. On the contrary, I feel intensely alive, and I want and hope in the time that remains to deepen my friendships, to say …
I love these nerds. This weekend, I attended the Michigan Press Association Convention in Grand Rapids, and I learned so much about journalism in the state, and the future of print media.The first session I attended was on social media selling, presented by Amie Stein. It was targeted toward ad salespeople, but I still found …
I don’t have a food processor. I don’t have a blender. This recipe involves the use of both devices, and instead, I chopped the ingredients up pretty small and just mashed them while they were cooking. I get the idea that this soup was intended to be far creamier than it was when I made …
I made this salad last weekend, and I really liked it. The tofu is good and crunchy, and the peanut-lime dressing is really good – I want to make it again and smother it all over noodles and vegetables. However, next time I make it, I’ll use less onion and be sure to cut it …
I’ve had fried chickpeas once before, and they were great. This recipe was a bit of an experiment for me, for a couple reasons – the spices, and the vegetables. The recipe called for curry powder and fresh ginger. I assumed that there was curry in my home, and while I was at the grocery …
Tonight, I made spicy black bean soup, from Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything Fast” and it was pretty good. I made a couple changes, of course – I didn’t include chipotle chilies, because I couldn’t find them at the grocery store. I put cilantro in the soup, because it seems ridiculous to have an …
I love New Year’s. love the fresh start, I love setting goals, and I love this shared sense that we have about anything being possible this year. I am invigorated by a new year injecting a sense of possibility into the cold grey of January, and I’ve found a moment of communal reflection and goal-setting …
I first heard about Nicolas Felton a few years ago on 99 Percent Invisible, and I’ve been interested in what he does ever since. He makes these incredibly detailed reports of his life every year, and presents them in the most beautiful way. The NYTimes article is here. The UpShot is killing it with demographic …
Swiss Miss is an amazingly cool person, and she’s the businesswoman who I look at and always say “I want to do that. I want to be like her.” This is the talk she gave at 99U, and it made me ask myself what my superpower is — Obsessiveness? Perfectionism? Staying up ’till all hours?If …