"Is it this simple, then, assemble these few everyday materials from my cupboards and I will create perfection?" (Fields 247). Leslie Leyland Fields writes about making the perfect loaf of bread in the essay she contributed to The Spirit of Food. She's made bread for years, but this time she is attempting a different method that requires only a few kitchen items (mixing … [Read more...]
Festival of Faith & Writing 2010: Friday Highlights
The Festival is over. I've returned home to laundry and lunches. I've also typed e-mails with numerous typos due to the blur of fatigue. Dare I continue the story even though the fun is fading into quotidian reality? I'll try...let's see how it goes.After Eugene Peterson's talk on Friday, my anonymous friend headed off to visit a friend while Leslie Leyland Fields and I … [Read more...]
Festival of Faith & Writing 2010: More Fun
Friday morning, Leslie Leyland Fields and I made plans to connect during the morning coffee hour. She was running a little late, so as I stood around the refreshment area, I spotted Keri Wyatt Kent. I explained that I'm chronicling my time at the Festival in photos, so she kindly posed with me.She said she was here with some writer friends. Late Friday night I encountered … [Read more...]
