Salads should be delicious, easy to make and mostly – never boring, especially since cucumbers are so versatile. The French term, “Faire simple” (keep it simple) captures this salad perfectly because it takes less than 10 minutes to make and uses basic ingredients to turn a simple garden vegetable into a meal. Ingredients 3 large […]
Tick, tock; the echo of the clock the chiming, rhyming repetitiously against the hour it’s white elegant face, round and smooth, yet, counting away life’s pleasures steadfastly. The clock reminds “never waste time,” The clock and it’s time will always be around looming, ticking and tocking, echoing.
This is a super fast enchilada recipe that just involves mixing a bunch of things in a bowl, plopping the mix onto a tortilla (or flatbread or pita) and cooking for 15 minutes. It doesn’t get much simpler than this! This is also a very interesting recipe because it is not something one would naturally […]
When cooking for a big family there will be no leftovers if you use the simple, French style recipe below. For a single person cooking a few fillets at once, as it is difficult to cook only enough food for just one, you will not leave the extra fillet in the pan. The recipe is […]
You funny ole world. Are you dying or are you just being born? In Paris, the African women are walking boxes of crayons. Their clothes so vivid and beautiful- never ending fabric loosely wrapping their bodies. The young and trendy women raised in Paris with red and gold highlights in their hair were raised to […]
I feel excited as I start to float I want the whole world to look at me to see that I can fly Free to go wherever the wind guides me. To drift like a current of air so high it hurts my belly to swell that much I can reach out with my drawstrings […]
I smell like the ocean I taste like the sea My folds are smooth Like the ripples of the ocean floor Formed like the sea.
My words come alive at night. Sometimes they blossom like a nascent flower, sometimes they scurry through my head like a frenzy of ants. curious lines so different from one another, yet always there, a tiny connection. My words live and die through my hands, through my fingers. The words that form in my brain, […]
You’ll never know That I’m only here Because of you. I’ll never tell you that I live because of you. My mother, my brother My sister, my friends My father, my people. I live only for the people Who cry when others feel pain They would cry if I left. I can’t cause others pain. […]
I walk along the shoreline, feel the ocean’s gentle but sprite waves wash over your feet and inhale the smell of the salty water, hear gulls flying overhead. The calm and peace feel eternal My thoughts: susurrations relaxing in my mind, no fears, just calm. As I move along, the fire red sun that melts […]