The Spirit of Food: Food Heritage and The Occasional Vegetarian

January 17, 2011 By 22 Comments

Food Heritage

Last week’s TheHighCalling.org book club selection of essays (from The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting toward God) included Denise Frame Harlan’s essay “And She Took Flour.”

As I followed her story of learning to eat (and eventually cook) real food, I sat almost as stunned as she did when a professor read excerpts from The Supper of the Lamb to her class:

[T]ears streamed from his eyes as he read about ‘The Inconsolable Heartburn…by which the heart looks out astonished at the world and in its loving, wakes and breaks at once.’ This heartburn, Capon says, [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, Food, reading, TheHighCalling.org, writers, writing

MMM 2011 Progress Report #3

January 17, 2011 By 3 Comments

Welcome to Mega Memory Month (MMM) Progress Report #3.

Please note that if I counted correctly, we have 15 days left in January counting today (Monday). I thought I’d mention it, in case you’re running a little behind (like I am).

If you’re just stopping by, you can learn more about Mega Memory Month by clicking on this highlighted link. Visit our previous progress reports by clicking below:

Each Progress Report is an opportunity to encourage one another along the way and celebrate our progress.

How are you doing? Has it come easily or are you facing struggles? [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, mega memory month, memorization, mind, MMM