'Tis the season of giving. Giving, buying, making, giving, giving, giving. We get so caught up in the giving (and in the stress of finding the right giving to give) that we forget about the other kind of giving. The kind that really matters. For-giving. Forgiving. And forgiveness. Especially when we're all cramped together with family we love, but who've really done some pretty stinky things in the past. Your brother Kyle? Remember when he picked on your weight? And your mom? Jeezopee, how ... Continue Reading
Soul Food
… And That’s the Story of That
To begin where I really left off (everything on the blog has been peanuts since then), over a year and a half ago now, I have to tell you what happened. So you understand where I’m going next – where you can go with me, if you choose. I woke up. For a while, anyway. For a while there was still me there, awake and in hilarious shock at the truth of my life. It started in the midst of the biggest existential crisis I’d been in – or it ended there, I guess, if I’m to be honest about ... Continue Reading
3 Days of Silence
So, well, um ... if you haven't heard, there's quite a bit of buzz going around about our privacy (and not just the privacy of American's, but that of the world). It's a slight bit unsettling, y'know? Not just a little off-handedly, I suggested on the Crunchy Betty Facebook page that we should all take three days AWAY from our phones, computers, televisions, gaming consoles, and anything that could collect data on us, perhaps a little out of protest, but a lot out of reconnecting with ... Continue Reading
We Are Delicious
It's dark-thirty, midnight, the house is silent. And I just had a conversation with a lump of sourdough. It may not have been as much me conversing with the dough, but the dough working magic - some alchemy of yeast and flour - pulling thoughts from my brain, through my fingers, and soaking them up with each push and turn. Its pale beige innards becoming outards with a twist. My innards becoming outards in synch. "Why," I asked the sourdough, or the sourdough made me think I asked, ... Continue Reading
What’s All This Crunchy Betty Stuff, Anyway?
The very first entry in Crunchy Betty's Food On Your Face category was written on May 9, 2010. It was called "Five Good Reasons To Put Food On Your Face." At the time, I was fumbling around in the world of blogs. I was dipping my proverbial toes in the metaphorical pineapple juice, often for the first time right before I blogged it. Some of you were there with me then. A few of you remember the first header Crunchy Betty ever had. I can't believe you're still with me ... Continue Reading
Do You Have Cart Anxiety? (Deal With It) – Part 2
It's of utmost importance that I be transparent with you all right now, and not just about the pair of parachute pants I still own from 1987. No, the truth you should know is this: If there was one thing I would want to change in this world, it would be the "food wars" we wage against each other. In fact, this might be my new mission in life: To join the human race in one connecting truth. The truth that we're all doing the best we can with what we believe in any given moment of our lives ... Continue Reading