bringing dinner back

“There is no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.” — Frank Herbert, American author After almost three months, I return to Bringing Dinner Back. One year of daily family meals, writing about countries in Africa, and enjoying African feasts with friends and soon-to-be friends, this three-month break has given me time [...]

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“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they are always there.” — Unknown, clearly brilliant, author During our month-long road trip last year up the Northeast slice of our country, we visited many old friends. When I was planning the details of the trip, I knew I would enjoy [...]

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“Isn’t it interesting that people feel best about themselves right before they go on vacation? They’ve cleared up all of their to-do piles, closed up transactions, renewed old promises with themselves. My most basic suggestion is that people should do that more than just once a year.” — David Allen Which is exactly where I [...]

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“We just saw a rattlesnake THIS big. Sawyer almost stepped on it!” — Random boy at camp, overheard mere minutes after we left Sawyer for a week. No call yet from the camp, so I’m guessing all is good. Still, not my favorite way to leave my baby for a week. So Sawyer’s there. Clyde’s [...]

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“Seriously, I’ve got like 15 minutes.” — Clyde, kindly trying to squeeze in our family meal between jury duty and too much work. Actually, he stretched it to 18. Sawyer and I are entertaining that way. Clyde left this morning before 7 — clearly too early for Sawyer and me to join him for breakfast [...]

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