Posted in Seattle, tagged canlis, family, family dynamics, friends, tradition on 05 Dec 2018| 7 Comments »
Life always has the capacity to surprise. Sometimes the surprise is delightful, and sometimes it most definitely is not. This past weekend, life did what it does best, but thankfully this surprise was of the delightful strain, as I’m pretty sick of the other type. (more…)
Posted in Culture, Food, tagged goose for thanksgiving, rebuilding traditions, simple living, Thanksgiving, thanskgiving, tradition on 25 Nov 2014| 6 Comments »
I don’t like turkey.
This will come as a shock to my family, who as I grew up watched me order a turkey sandwich every time we went out to eat. It didn’t matter where we went or when–breakfast at IHOP, dinner at Denny’s, a special meal at Sabella’s–I always ordered a turkey sandwich. (I was also always served last, but that’s an entirely different story.) I would order the turkey sandwich, the club sandwich, or (in a pinch) the hot turkey open-face sandwich; it didn’t really matter as long as it had turkey.
I loved turkey. (more…)
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Desert Wind
Ploughman's Son
Ploughman King
The Year the Cloud Fell
The Spirit of Thunder
Shadow of the Storm
The Cry of the Wind
Beneath a Wounded Sky
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