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Author: Ivan

The Fork Ran Away With the Spoon

While Deena and I were enjoying a tasty squash quesadilla at Salsa’s, I was musing on how nearly every culture in the world has variations on stuffed or rolled pancakes. Mexico has burritos; eastern Europe, blintzes; ...

Winter Hiking in the State Forest

Last week, before the cold front came through, we took a hike to see these beautiful local waterfalls. Do you recognize them? The area was used for a 2012 movie. Extra points if you know the ...

Be a Happy Fish In the Ocean of Infinity

I find it so important to keep a cosmic perspective on life. It’s all too easy to drown in the immediacy of our everyday stresses and problems. We modern humans are, largely, automatons in the sense ...

Asheville Has Got It Right

Asheville, North Carolina, is the echo of the Hippie shout of the 60s. Everywhere you look, hand bills urge residents to keep it local: local art, local food. The residents support their own. There are eighteen ...