Nuts
I found the fountain of youth last month, but I’m not interested in partaking of it again. It was at a Catholic church here in town during Advent. Almost as soon as I walked in the door with my 81-year-old mother, I felt transported back to...
Sing it With Me
It’s the time of year when people focus even more than usual on food. Grocery stores are stocked with holiday must-haves. Time to bake and shop and simmer. Yet the week before Thanksgiving I was stewing over what I was going to drink with a bottle of Mirilax to...
Pork Belly of Sorts
I might be the only non-homeless woman in the United States who walks into an Ann Taylor Loft dressing room with a couple pairs of pants and a shirt to try on with a 1/3 of a pound of sliced chorizo in my bag. It was Zoe’s chorizo from Formaggio and it was what...
What Jesus Didn’t Say
Woke up the other morning fuzzy and a little confused about where I was since I’d been out of town a couple of nights before. But clearly through the haze two words came to me: church chocolate. In that order. Related. Unexpected yet it all made sense. Not...
Artist, Alpaca, Chickens
I have a job where I walk through Richmond neighborhoods during the day and show off almost anything to unsuspecting folks. Friday I’ll be wandering The Fan in search of good food–not exactly a difficult task. Saturday I head to North Side to show off the...ME on Twitter
I just gave $100 to Donate Now. Join me and help them reach their goal! #RVA #Literacy #GivingTuesday
For the third year in a row, we will be holding our Sponsor an Incarcerated Reader fundraiser starting on #GivingTuesday2023! Thanks to the @DominionPostWV for writing about this program. Read the article to learn more, and stay tuned to participate!