Is organic eating the better way to a healthy lifestyle? The food that’s eaten today is loaded with chemicals and artificial flavoring, preservatives, and coloring. Food that was made 25 or more years ago didn’t have a lot of ingredients and artificial coloring and preservatives. What would the world be like without fast food restaurants […]
Holy Week of 1992
Last Holy Week of 1992, something strange and paranormal happened to me. I was left alone in my boarding house on Holy Thursday. Since I did not sleep the night before for I kept on tallying my sets of questionnaire for my thesis writing, I stayed awake till 6AM that very Holy Thursday. […]
Heard by a Bird
"I became a novelist because I hated the smell of paint." – Herman Wouk Did you see the cloud shaped like a truncated dodecahedron over Shandaken last Wednesday? Bumper sticker: I WILL MAKE PEACE MY WAR AND I SHALL FIGHT IT A Letter Dear Sparrow: Yesterday I explained to my son: "You used to see […]
The Pasta Makers
La Plata, Argentina — When people think of Argentine cuisine, they think beef. True, the average Argentine consumes around 68 kg (150 lbs) of red meat per year, but a macho cannot live on steak alone, grass-fed, tender and delicious as it is. Luckily, there are the wheat derived dishes; the bread, pastries […]
ALTERNATIVE MEMORY
Cekov LOVE STORY We see through the window the wonder of wonders. With our inner eyes, You, green, You, mother, Wrap me between your lips – mummy style, Answer me I am alone, Come on, you sweet, Crucify me by your words, My life, My soul. PROFILE I want […]
Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n Roll
Ian Dury was on to something, I tell you. Is there a better combo than the headlining trifecta above? I’m hard-pressed to come up with one. So, with that in mind, I’ve started to compile a "Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n Roll" playlist for Flavorpill‘s weekly Viva Radio show. All the tracks predictably deal with one […]