Today’s been one of those days where I ask myself how people do what they do, get up, drink their coffee, ride the subway or drive 35 miles, only to see a dog lose an eye – a veterinarian’s sad day, or maybe just the usual indifference from an arrogant boss. When I started chopping … More Water – The Staff of Life
Sometimes the details of daily life wiggle right by me. What my eyes don’t see! Flabbergasting! But the camera misses nothing. Or so it seems. A slow meandering down the street today, a quick click of the shutter here, a slower one there. And my little town showed me a side I’d never noticed in … More On the Street where I Live … or Close, Anyway
“Home,” he mocked gently. “Yes, what else but home? It all depends on what you mean by home. Of course he’s nothing to us, any more Than was the hound that came a stranger to us Out of the woods, worn out upon the trail.” “Home is the place where, when you have to go … More Home is the Place Where …
Thanks to a Julia Child Independent Scholar grant that I won from the International Association of Culinary Professionals, a few years ago I spent a month in France researching a topic close to my heart: the culinary impact of European colonialism on modern food habits. The Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris intimidated me, its … More Triumph
Split open a red cabbage, an onion, an apple, a tomato, an orange – in those doubles, you see Life’s twofoldness. The left hand, the right hand. Rank’s Doppelganger, Jung’s Shadow. Yin. Yang. Two parts make a whole. Photo 101 challenge, day 19 © 2014 C. Bertelsen
This morning I woke to see the first snowfall of the year. The pristine whiteness always soothes me, but in the thrill of seeing snow once again, I remember that winter will stay on and on, like an unwanted guest, creating an edginess hard to escape. Photo 101 challenge, day 18 © 2014 C. Bertelsen
Through a glass darkly, dreaming of the day when I could eat at the venerated Tour d’Argent. “When I first knew the Tour D’Argent it was a plain place with a wooden floor covered with sawdust, but it was none the less a temple of gastronomy, for it was presided over by old Frédéric … More Glass
Say the word “treasure” and images of jewel-laden pirate chests might dart through your mind. But in this world, treasure takes many forms. As for me, I have much treasure, but my most precious treasures illuminate this post. For how does that verse go? “For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” Photo 101 challenge, day … More Treasure