Tag: Catholic

• A Narrow Sliver of Land

  We all have our Proust moments: the singular bite of something that we loved and cherished in our childhood, re-tasted later as an adult, transporting us back in time to a particularly fond memory. Truman Capote, in his semi-autobiographical short story “A Christmas Memory”, describes in great detail the food of his childhood in the…

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  February 15, 2015

  Essay

  Bayou, Bread Pudding, Catholic, Cherry Bounce, Citrus, Freeport, Gumbo, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Old Fashioned, Peanut Butter Fudge, Plaquemines Parish, Port Sulphur, Proust, Red Beans and Rice, Shrimp and Crab Stew, Truman Capote

• Links to Faith and Family

  Every morning, I instinctively reach up to feel for the rose gold chain and cross around my neck. I never take it off. It is more than just a sign of my faith; those gold links are a connection to my mother’s family in Scotland. In 1997 my mother’s first cousin, Anna Liddell, came from…

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  February 8, 2015

  Essay

  afternoon tea, Britannia, castle, Catholic, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Highlands, Liddell, Loch Lomond, Louisiana, opera, Richard Strauss, Salome, scones, Scotland