When I told my Texan friends and family that I was moving to New Jersey for
graduate school, they warned me about the “liberal North.” Later, my graduate
school peers would snarl with
1) Saying thank you
When someone pours you tea, it’s customary to tap the table to say thanks. This
comes from a story about an emperor who was traveling incognito with his
When I was very young, I saw the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact. In the
movie, a family had a dolphin pool in their living room! The dolphin swims over
for
On the third of July, I sat on my back porch with a cup of English Breakfast. I
was there to write an essay about
[http://highcallingblogs.com/9642/independence-day/] the Fourth of
“Every real thing is a joy, if only you have eyes and ears to relish it, a nose
and tongue to taste it.” — The Supper of the Lamb
I remember the cooking that
