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Paella: Friends & foodie foreplay

Posted in dinner, tagged on February 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »

“Another egregious offense is to serve the paella on a plate rather than from the pan. I urge you to seat yourself and your guests around the paella pan and eat the paella right from the pan, starting from the perimeter and working toward the center. This communal style is the traditional way to eat [...]

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Week 17: Seven more days of deprivation

Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“The human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one’s spirits strong even when one’s body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.” — Nelson [...]

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Crazy white hooker welcomes Kenyan refugee

Posted in Africa, tagged , , , on February 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »

“I am home.” — Stranger from Kenya I met on a plane After a mind-numbing nine-hour conference on newspaper advertising yesterday in Chicago (I simply don’t have the attention skills to sit for that long in any conference room, regardless the subject), I was squeezing my way down the airplane aisle when I noticed someone [...]

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Week 16

Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“My stomach hurts.” — Sawyer, 7:36 pm, Valentine’s Day No doubt. Now, Valentine’s Day is often accompanied with too-sugared-up tummies around here. But this year it’s even worse as we’re all doing the Kelly Challenge, a rock climbing team torture of no sugar, no fried foods, no alcohol (for Clyde and me), and no soda [...]

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Snow days

Posted in parenting, tagged on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »

“I’m glad I was hear to see it.” — Sawyer, upon hearing that yesterday’s 12 1/2-inch snowfall was an all-time record in Dallas. We had 24 hours of pure bliss. It started Wednesday night, when I took Noah to one of his favorite restaurants (Freebirds) for dinner before hooking up with a few friends to [...]

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Week 15

Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , on February 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »

“I need a wife.” — Me This Monday and Tuesday are likely the busiest days of my entire year. In addition to normal mom duties and upcoming deadlines that need to be helped along, I have a 15,000-word report due on Tuesday and a two-day board meeting for Congo Restoration I need to attend. Pray [...]

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The two-minute breakfast

Posted in family dinner, tagged , on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“I’d like mornings better if they started an hour later.” — Unknown This was our Saturday morning: 8:15 am: I’m up. Check email. Sawyer gets up and reads. Clyde and Noah sleep. 8:30 am: Time to wake the sleeping pre-teen, who didn’t get to bed ’til 11:20 pm (or at least sent his last text [...]

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Our third African feast: Nigeria

Posted in Africa, dinner, tagged on February 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »

“I miss Nigeria at Christmas. Everything closes down and you go into the villages, where there is nothing to do but visit.” — Peter Ketebu Clyde has worked with Melanie Ketebu at various jobs for years. I’ve met her husband, Peter, a few times. We’ve eaten at their restaurant, the Crazy Catfish in Garland, and [...]

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Week 14

Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , , on February 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »

“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.” — John Kenneth Galbraith (author of The Affluent Society) And so, a month tardy by American standards, I have started Diet No. 2,765. Or thereabouts. The focus is the Kelly Challenge, a monthlong challenge Noah’s rock climbing team does annually. No [...]

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