About a month ago, as I was sitting in church, my mind bounced from one hymnal to another as we sang something familiar from our song book and the next thing I knew the song playing in my head was an old Sunday night favorite from my Baptist days: (The
I love watching Top Chef. I’m particularly intrigued by the scenarios the contestants are forced to face, which often call forth skills beyond cooking that they may or may not have. A couple of weeks ago, the episode was called “Restaurant Wars” and the eight remaining contestants were divided
were you to ask what I did today I might be tempted to say nothing because I had the day off from work but that answer would be lazy I went to the grocery store and the bank, baked bread, made a couple of soups, ate lunch with my wife
I’m tired. Things are going well at the Duke restaurant, and well means thirty more customers a night without any more help in the kitchen. I’m going early and staying late – and having fun as well. I’ve worked hard to put a new menu together for our
Twenty years ago this weekend I met Ginger. Last night, as a way to celebrate, we went to see the Dance Theater of Harlem Ensemble at the Carolina Theatre, since the love of my life is a dancer. The evening was full of good things both because of the dances
Billy and I were lucky today: we had a TV down the hall – and a radio in the kitchen. In between getting the last of the buffet ready for the professors who would come to satisfy their post-inaugural munchies, I listened to the proceedings until the time came. “Let it
it was a short note an old friend wrote all he said was he was “vinlying” John Denver records that’s all, yet the mere mention of the melodies sent me “memorying” across layers of time to long ago nights when we played and sang and talked of poems, prayers
I’m back in full swing at the restaurant at Duke since the second semester is just finishing it’s first full week. The big news for us is Duke Dining dropped some serious change to renovate our dining room; now it looks like a real restaurant instead of, well,
Here are few things I brought home from church with me yesterday, thanks to our hymnal, Hymns of Truth and Light , in the order I found them. I came to church with Gaza on my heart. After worship, I sat in a meeting where we talked about how we were
My mind is all over the place. Perhaps I would state it better to say my mind has been bombarded by several things that have set it swirling. I can’t help thinking about what is happening in Gaza; part of the reason it bothers me is I feel helpless
Those familiar words from John, along with the rest of the first seventeen verses of Chapter One, were the text for Ginger’s sermon. As she talked about the Word – the Logos – she offered a twist on the translation, looking at word roots: John was saying what happened in the
Today has been a full day and tonight is a short night because I have to be at work at 6:30 in the morning. I have a great deal I want to talk about from church today, but I have to set it aside because my heart is heavy