A Two Minute Video—Monday Food & Wine Pairings

Randy’s Thai Red Curry Soup w/ Chicken
Ingredients
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons grated ginger
1 large onion , sliced
6 teaspoons Thai red curry paste
3 tablespoons fish or soy sauce
6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
2 (14-ounce) cans coconut milk , well-shaken (variation: lite coconut milk)
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
1/2 pound white mushrooms , cleaned, stems trimmed, cut into [...]

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How To Open A Bottle of Wine with a Boot

Forget your corkscrew? No problem. This works equally well with a shoe. A One Minute video.

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El Shaddai — My Latest Watercolor — For Amy Grant’s “Pieces of Our Lives” Tour

I have been asked to paint the iconic song El Shaddai for Amy Grant’s “Pieces of Our Lives” Fall Tour (An Intimate Evening of Art & Music). Needless to say, it was an intimidating task. As I scheduled time to think about the commission, the phrase “age to age, you’re still the same” kept coming [...]

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A Wife’s Eyes Are The Window To A Man’s Soul

A French poet once said, “Les yeux sont le miroir de l’âme“ or “the eyes are windows to the soul.” Here’s another thought. I believe the eyes of a wife are windows to the soul of her husband.
With few exceptions, you can gauge the measure of a man in the eyes of his wife.
Knowing [...]

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A Connecticut Yankee In Franklin’s Court—With Apologies To Mark Twain

As many of you know, my dear friend Ian Morgan Cron (Twitter: @iancron), author of the extraordinary book Chasing Francis, is relocating from Greenwich, Connecticut to Franklin, Tennessee in a few days. It seems appropriate to educate this “damn Yankee” to the finer sensibilities of southern culture. Here are a few thoughts that should prepare [...]

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5 Valuable Lessons Learned From My Twitter Suspension

This last weekend Twitter inadvertently suspended my account. Getting it restored was far more difficult than I imagined. Here are a few practical tips if (God forbid!) this happens to you. I certainly never thought it would happen to me.
1.) Diversify — If you are highly dependent on Twitter for business, establish another account with [...]

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Thinking Is Underrated

“Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” ~Winnie the Pooh
A question—do you have a recurring appointment in your calendar for “thinking?” An even bigger question, would you be embarrassed if the boss came into your work place during your thinking time? And would your boss (or you) think you were wasting [...]

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Help Stop The Stoning of Sakineh in Iran Now!

As I casually perused CNN.com this morning, an article titled “Global Protests Held Worldwide Against Iran Woman’s Execution by Stoning” jolted me from my Saturday reverie. You can read it HERE. Feeling profoundly moved to join the protest,  I Googled an image search of the words “stoning muslim women.” The pictures brought hot tears of [...]

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