Month: May 2020

Christmas was three days away. It was still early summer. I’ll let that sink in. In Northeast Ohio, it’s late December when this holiday occurs and winter is in full effect. There is snow falling and you’re usually bundled into a thick winter coat. You may be looking out of the window at winds whipping…

Nearly every time I go in to the Food Works to buy something I catch myself singing along to some soft rock tune. Today it was Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You”. Last time it was Kenny Rogers’ “Lucille” and “Islands in the Stream”. Before that it was the BeeGees’ “Mr….

This day had the distinction of being the six month mark of my year long visit to Australia. It’s gone fast and the next six months promise to go even faster. This morning as I was making coffee, I glanced out the window and froze. There, about ten feet from me was a kookaburra sitting…

Some places in the world have foods that are almost synonymous with the countries they come from: Mexico and enchiladas, Japan and sushi, Germany and wiener schnitzel. But so far as Australia goes, I had no idea what their signature food was. Most Americans will jokingly say ‘throw another shrimp on the barbie’, but seeing…