Just a quick post because I am cranking out proposals for various endeavors, in a seemingly never-ending loop... but at least I have good br...

*The Baltic Sea* This desolate, romantic landscape is where I spent the first few days of 2010, in a little cottage near Kiehl with a group ...

For the last two weeks I have been doing only two things: writing papers, and making bagels. (Well, 3 things if you count eating the bagels....

This year for Christmas dinner I was in the mood for something kind of challenging, since my cooking has been repetitive at best and "j...

Ahhh holiday travel. Where two inches of snow translates into 3 days of travel delays. Yes, my transit back to the good ole USSA was kind of...

Back in the USA and cooking up a storm! But for now... Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Still not home for the holidays, still no camera, but here are some old, (but new to you!) pictures from the old days while I ponder my holi...

One of my favorite scenes in all of movie-dom is from The Little Princess. (Take your pick, but I prefer the Shirley Temple version .) Litt...

I love Belgium and all, and I don't mean to be a bratty American, but oh man, was my Thanksgiving ever LAME! 12€ (which is twice my dail...

Well, they don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Belgium. I guess this isn't all that incredibly strange, since nothing about the colonist...

My bloody camera is broken! And its a shame, because I've been cooking such weird and good food lately, especially soups. (Cheap! Hot! L...

(Obligatory Brussels Photo: Grand Platz!) I'm always amazed at how people can continue to latch on to the belief that people are inheren...