While away on vacation, I couldn't help but internally settle into the peace that being in the desert provides. Mounds of golden sand that somehow meet the skyline, much like the ocean, allowed me truly view creation as I have never done before.
Category: Life
Details of a mending heart
There is no owner’s manual or books for dummies about a broken heart. I can only share with you how I am mending mine. They say that in life you will break a heart and even get your heart broken; but no one ever tells you when, where, how or even why. I’ve found that …
Purpose
Yes to Happiness
Sunday Thoughts: Looking vs. Seeing
It's Sunday morning. I read this quote and couldn't help but wonder how true it is. John Steinbeck an American author, could tell the difference between looking and seeing. Could I? Years ago, I would image myself walking around the streets of flourishing and/or disadvantaged inner city communities seeking to find the beauty in cracked …
Live. Work. Create
Closed Eyes
Sometimes at night when I close my eyes, I envision myself on the plains of Africa. I am not sure what country I will be in on that continent, however I am certain that I will one day I will caress the trunk of an elephant. Get lost in the never ending waves of a …
Missed Conversation
I was intrigued recently. There stood before me this beautiful man whose spiritual qualities shown more brightly than his complexion. His voice was like honey in my ears and I could not figure out why I was so drawn to him. Of course, he was a bit statuesque, bronzed like the sun had personally …
Change of Ingredients
Our lives were like pie. Or more like my grandmother’s macaroni and cheese. You know the kind of dish that is a family secret; simply incredible in its taste and texture. That’s what he and I were like; amazing in texture with many layers having to be swirled in a bowl together in order for …
Off The Beaten Plate: Uniting Foodies One Plate at a Time
It unites us, it is a conversation starter, and it is happiness. We need it for survival and yet somehow it feeds our soul at the same time. Food is ever evolving simplicity that often clears cultural boundaries and igniting flames that dance upon our palates. What a great meal accomplishes, no man can do. …