December is always an odd point in the year. It’s an in-between time, especially for those of us in school. Classes have ended, disrupting three months of routine. The exam-time panic starts to seep out of the library as more and more people leave for the holidays. There is a lot more silence, a lot [...]
I never thought I’d stumble across this particular problem, but I had. I was inundated with pineapple. When I was growing up, a pineapple could hardly get in the door before being devoured by the more pineapple-mad members of my family. We never did anything fancy with it—just cut it up and ate it, juice [...]
Once a year, the parishioners of a small New England church transform from a group of friendly, mild-mannered Presbyterians into a fiercely competitive series of opponents. Once a year, lines of division cut deep across the congregation: deacon confronts deacon, the Sunday School Teacher is pitted against the pastor’s wife, even members of the same [...]
Sometimes I am lazy with guacamole, just mashing up some avocado with a bit of salsa. It’s okay, but—I’m so glad when I’m not lazy. Guacamole is one of those Good Ugly Foods, at least if you tend to leave avocados a little bit too long so they get nasty brown bits that you eat [...]
