I made a similar post when Parker An became proficient at walking. Well, yesterday Parker made an intellectual move into human-ness. Yesterday, Parker pretended. He grasped something that is so fundamentally human it is exciting to think about it in-and-of-itself. He was playing with an empty plastic cup. Then, he found some fluff that Lexi [...]
May 2008
Written By: Jonathan on May 7, 2008
2 Puffs of Dragon Fire (Comments)
Written By: Jonathan on May 6, 2008
7 Puffs of Dragon Fire (Comments)
By Mildred Loving (1939-2008) When my late husband, Richard, and I got married in Washington, DC in 1958, it wasn’t to make a political statement or start a fight. We were in love, and we wanted to be married. We didn’t get married in Washington because we wanted to marry there. We did it there [...]
Written By: Jonathan on May 5, 2008
No Puffs of Dragon Fire (Comments)
The next pick for the Doing Good series is the Global Volunteer Network. This is an organization that connects people who want to volunteer in some of the world’s most impoverished areas. They operate programs in many countries – including Viet Nam, where you can volunteer in an orphanage or teaching English. It’s certainly a [...]
Written By: Jonathan on May 4, 2008
4 Puffs of Dragon Fire (Comments)
What is your favorite rice for the following things? 1) Fried rice 2) White rice for eating with a Vietnamese meal 3) Brown rice I have tried Jasmati for fried rice, but it was too sticky and didn’t incorporate ingredients very well – and Jasmine rice seems like it wouldn’t be sticky enough, though I [...]
