In my late 20’s and 30’s I pursued a glassblowing career, creating, marketing, selling and shipping hand made glass vases and bowls to shops and galleries across the country. But there was a lot that I never learned, even skills and techniques that I probably should have picked up in college and definitely when I […]
Mexican Chicken And Vegetable Soup
If you are looking strictly at pictures, I suppose this bowl of soup looks very similar to some others that I have made, but I promise, it’s different. At least a little different! First, and foremost, I realized that all of my soups and stews were either vegetable based, or used pork or beef, and […]
My Personalized Peg Memory System
For some number of years, probably after first stumbling across the existence of “memory champions” as a result of listening to all sorts of podcasts, I have been curious about, but have never attempted to learn, how to improve my memory. As best I can tell there are a few main methods of how memory […]
Boiled Eggs, Soft or Hard
This may very well end up being the shortest blog post I have ever included on this site, and yet, totally worthwhile. * Spoiler alert, I just reread this post, and it’s not close to the shortest post I’ve included on this site, it’s actually one of the longer ones, sorry. * But please remember […]
Roasted Carrot Soup
Chalk this one up to my need to find a way to eat more vegetables on a regular basis. And the need to make my wife happy, she really likes soups, and carrots. So a roasted carrot soup seemed like a pretty good idea, for both of us. And if you have a good sized […]
Pork Guisado
Gotta hand it to Houston, perhaps the most diverse restaurant scene in all of America. It might be debatable, but definitely in the running. Which means that when my wife and I want to try something new, there are literally hundreds of restaurants with flavors from all over the world to choose from. **No interest […]
