I had the opportunity to interview Brandy Schillace, the author of Mr. Humble & Dr. Butcher. Here are some highlights. Do you write for others or for yourself only?Writing and reading is a conversation. When I write, I am always aware that I’m speaking to someone, and that they will bring their own experience and understanding to […]

“The most exciting thing this last year that happened to me was that I bought a new set of pots and pans and a whole bunch of new utensils, and that made a lot of difference in my time spent in the kitchen. Actually, I never realized before how important kitchen tools really were in […]

I have always used art, in the same way a clothes dryer uses its filter to get the lint out. Art has been my way of purifying my soul. I have always escaped from everything which was not beautiful by looking through the beautiful pictures of my art book collection. From a very young age, […]

I just finished reading the book, Cast: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson, winner of a Pulitzer Prize and winner of a National Humanity Medal. I don’t usually read books on history or politics, But I read this book with a lot of respect and admiration for this very highly accomplished author and this […]

This year has felt like a very long, melancholy Sunday. It has been a year in which every morning we woke up and made lemonade out of the lemons which that day had thrown our way.  This year has been the year we learned to look for happiness in hidden places, like those puzzles in the […]