If you have never had fire roasted bell peppers, you are in for a treat, not just for the superb taste, but how easy it is to do. Follow the instructions at the end of this recipe for an addition to the sauce that is remarkably great tasting. / cup olive oil, divided 1 teaspoon […]

Joni Mitchell once sang of seasons going round and round, painted ponies going up and down. Perhaps there should also have been mention snuck in about another circular theme that connotes the too-quick passage of time: The transition from three to four to two wheels. I’m talking about bicycles, of course. What starts out as […]

The other morning Spouse was sharing his almost daily last-minute running out-the-door rant with whoever he thought was listening (i.e., nobody), “I’m so sick of running late for work. I really need to change my routine.” Oh yes, I’m thinking, you do. The irony of this blustery rhetoric is that he did change his whole […]

Did you know Darwin hated the word “evolution?” The term he preferred was “natural selection,” because he felt “evolution” implied that the entire process was much more organized and focused on improvement than it really was. Natural selection isn’t necessarily “survival of the fittest.” It’s more like “survival of the randomly mutated” where “fittest” means […]

Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or flatout obese, and it’s not difficult to see why. On May 5, a.k.a. Cinco de Mayo, my workplace sprung for a buffet-style Mexican feast, and everyone flocked to the break room to stock up on pork and beans and other thigh-enlarging treats. Even the skinniest wisps among them loaded […]