It’s one thing to say that a family of thirteen in Bhutan eats for $20 a month and a family of four in North Carolina for over $1300.  It’s another thing altogether to visualize it.
What the World Eats is a photo essay of families with their food for the week arranged about them, from a […]

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Jana’s helping me to carve out a little study nook in our crowded living room. Above my narrow desk is a 30 by 40 inch metal bulletin board that now has the writer’s advice sheet that about a dozen of my favorite authors have signed. I plan to add photos of heroes and […]

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so…as much as I lust after the iPhone (and really, anything that comes out of Steve-o’s office), I can’t help but notice that in the new commercials, all the hands are white.

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Not too much to say tonight. Now that my semester is over, I began my summer French cuisine experiment. I cooked with fava beans for the first time, making a scrumptious frittata and a green bean salad. I’m trying to balance my desire to cook French with Jana’s mission to source most […]

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I’m getting cheerful correspondence from local LDS leadership again:
My attention was recently called [to] the 5/26/07 posting on your website. I was frankly surprised at the obvious lack of sensitivity for the beliefs of your present and former friends and associates in the Church. Such is not only disrespectful, but […]

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I wish I could set a data mining algorithm on my thoughts for the past fifteen years and ferret out consistent themes. I could try to Google this blog, but Mind on Fire captures only 40% of that period, and not always with great depth or consistency. No matter. I’ve been […]

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