For most of history, you had to cook if you wanted to eat. But cultures that once had traditions of spending full days in the kitchen, like Italy or India, are beginning to change. Fast food and microwaves are beginning to replace the beautiful cooking processes of our past. How did we get ...

Yesterday after running a few errands, I opened my front door and just stood. Breathing. Smiling. Ahhhhh … garlic! To me, the house smelled wonderful – like walking into an aromatic little trattoria. I realize this may not be the way everybody likes their house to smell, but for me it ...

We met Antonio in the first vignette. He had been experiencing agitation and his girlfriend, Antonia, urged him to seek counseling. Working in the health field and being familiar with lots of local people, he chose to seek treatment further away. He Googled and found me. Due to his tight work ...

When I wrote a couple weeks ago about being tethered to the phone it got me thinking about my history with the telephone. My great-grandfather had a candlestick phone. If you are not sure what that is look it up. It was a pretty little phone that you held in your hand while talking. I am ...

To us, Hamas is just a name, but put yourself in the shoes of Jews in Israel and there’s more to the name than just Hamas. Hamas, in Hebrew, means violence. The word has its origin in the days of Noah when Genesis 6: 11 and 13 records the land being filled with violence. It shows up again ...

Soon after you cross into Maryland from Pennsylvania on I-70, you will find signs to Winchester, Virginia. It was from here that Union General Philip Sheridan made his famous ride to rally his troops and beat the Confederate forces led by Confederate General Jubal Early during the Civil ...