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Quiche Spinach, Smoked Gouda, and Caramelized Onions I love French quiche and her cousins, the Italian frittata, and the Spanish tortilla (made with eggs and potatoes, not to be confused with Mexican tortillas made with corn or flower.) These are all dishes which can be prepared in a relatively small amount of time,...
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More Ducklings! Perhaps Spring is here afterall — more new ducklings.
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The Dream Walking on the sands I decided to leave you. I was treading a dark clay that trembled and I, sinking and coming out, decided that you should come out of me, that you were weighing me down like a cutting stone, and I worked out your loss step by step: to cut...
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870 – 1914 By David McCullough “They never achieve anything who do not believe in success.” ~ Fernando de Lesseps ~ This book is delicious! The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870 – 1914, by David McCullough, published...
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The Panama Canal – Is America Still Dreaming “The plan was wildly ambitious. But Roosevelt had backed it, and Stevens was confident it could be done. ‘There is no element of mystery involved in it,’ Stevens reported to Washington, ‘the problem is one of magnitude, not miracles.’” Recently, I watched “Panama Canal”, on...
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Rosie the Riveter Memorial Located in Richmond, California, the Rosie the Riveter Memorial and the World War II Home Front National Historic Parkfeel like works in progress; I hope this is not simply because they were established to honor women’s efforts during the war. The day we visited, a ranger met us...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Gates of the Valley by Ansel Adams Photographed in 1938, at Yosemite National Park, in California, by Ansel Easton Adams, the great American photographer and artist. Adams was born in San Francisco in 1902, and...
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General Assembly designates International Holocaust Remembrance Day “1 November 2005 –In a resolution co-sponsored by 104 Member States, the General Assembly today designated 27 January as Holocaust Remembrance Day, drawing immediate praise from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who said the United Nations would do its part to keep the memory alive in a bid to...
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Mangos! Or at Least Mango Babies! “Native to southern Asia, especially eastern India, Burma, and the Andaman Islands, the mango has been cultivated, praised and even revered in its homeland since Ancient times. Buddhist monks are believed to have taken the mango on voyages to Malaya and eastern Asia in the 4th and 5th...
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Book Finds One of our yearly rituals involves St. Malachi, a local Catholic church within walking distance from our home. Growing up, my Father was a fan of the circus, and if at all possible, would make sure that we went to the circus when it was in town or when we were...
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