Entries from August 2006

Monday, August 21, 2006

Ferdie’s Team

Diving pulled me out of my sorry stupor. Indeed. After the week of assisting these boys in SCUBA class (all the way through check-out) I can honestly say that I felt happy. Maybe things really are going to get better for me.
Last Wednesday (August 16, 2006) I met them on their first pool session. Ferdie [...]

Monday, August 7, 2006

Touch

..and this nine month old baby boy reaches out with his saliva covered hand and rubs the side of my face..as if it was not enough, he lifts that hand and rubs his palm on my forehead, my nose, all the way down to my mouth.
for a moment I felt better about being me.
and then [...]

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

A Bit of Luck in the Kitchen

I’ve been lucky in the kitchen during the past couple of weeks. I was able to serve good meals! (lucky mister!) Of course I want strangers to know how I did it.
We had the Bow Ties in Tomato Sauce.
As you can see in this photo there wasn’t too much sauce. We like simple [...]

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

To Be Everywhere

I wish I could spend an entire year on vacation with enough money to eat well and get around. I want to taste food from far away places. I’d like to live with an Italian fisherman for a week. I want to work in a French winery, where they still make wine the old way. [...]