In French you would say “carrotes glacées” for glazed carrots, and it would sound a little something like care-ought glah-say. This is a rich side-dish for a vegetable and goes well with a holiday meat such as roast game. In fact, that’s exactly what we ate it with on Christmas. Take 2 kilos (or just over 4 lbs) of carrots…. Read More
Archives for December 2013
A New Thing
How was 2013, friends? I know for some it was a good year, and you hope (as I also hope for you) that 2014 will be the same. For others it held sorrows, struggles, and challenges that seemed insurmountable at times. I hope this coming year will be different. Better. For me, 2013 was a pretty good year. I started… Read More
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on our troubles will be out of sight. Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yule-tide gay From now on our troubles will be miles away. Here we are as in olden days happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who are dear to us gather… Read More
What Is Love?
The danger in writing passionately on the subject of tolerance is that you become intolerant of people who are not tolerant. And the danger in writing passionately about love – and how it is not self-seeking, proud, or boastful – is that you end up boasting about knowing and possessing the kind of love that doesn’t boast. So let’s pretend… Read More
Frost
Dogs need to be walked. And that means you have to go outside, no matter what the weather is. But once you’re outside, you start to notice things. You notice how frost covers every green leaf and every brown. You notice how it covers every stick, every seed, every pod , every berry, and every surface, including the wooden gate. You… Read More
Marché de Noel
Marché de Noel simply means “christmas market,” and the first word is pronounced “mahr-shay.” I was first introduced to the wonders of a European christmas market when I was visiting the Kirs Kringle Mart in Heidelberg oh, so many years ago. I tasted gluhwein (hot, spiced wine) and ate something delicious – probably breaded, fried meat – and I was… Read More