When I just need to relax while sitting or writing, my go-to music is Alison Krauss, a bluegrass and roots fiddle player and singer with one of the purest soprano voices this side of Joan Baez. Her 27 Grammys plus 44 nominations might suggest I’m not the only person who thinks this. I especially love…
Month: June 2026
A Recipe for Exceptional Homemade Chicken and Vegetable Soup
Today, my favorite three-year-old cook’s helper, Ethan, and I made chicken and vegetable soup in my Instant Pot. The Instant Pot is my go-to appliance for soup because pressure cooking melds the flavors beautifully in an exceptionally short time. My little helper and I cut up all the vegetables—he has his own kid’s knife that…
A Place Where Love is Found
Yesterday, Ray and I drove into town to attend St. Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood, the parish that has been our spiritual home since 1994, when we first moved to Los Angeles. St. Thomas is part of the same Anglo-Catholic, “high-church” tradition as Holy Trinity in Bonham, Texas, where I grew up, and St. Stephen’s in…
20 Minutes a Day 