On this week's episode, Is de-decorating a word? Dom and Melanie discuss post-Christmas; recipes for bang bang shrimp and coconut shrimp; Netflix series Kaleidoscope and Three Pines on Prime; the Nigerian novel Purple Hibiscus; and more.
On this week's episode: The Star of Bethlehem was the Magis’ GPS and Dom and Melanie talk about what their spiritual GPS is. Plus lots of movies and books, including The Greatest Beer Run Ever; and recipes for King cake and Ikea’s Swedish meatballs.
My last "How I Work" post was in 2018 and and the first one was in 2015 and I thought it was time to update, even though much of how I work remains similar to last time.
On this week's episode as the New Year begins, Dom and Melanie discuss their Christmas celebration; the death of Pope Benedict; family health issues; Jacques Pepin's fromage fort; a year of books; and 3 words from this week's Gospel.
I've been writing these annual end-of-year retrospective posts for a decade now and it's interesting to go back and see how far we've come. Last year's post included some real stinkers for 2021, but 2022--while it had some real challenges and some... [Continue Reading]
On this week's episode: They’re home! Dom welcomes Melanie home and back to the show. It was an unexpectedly long trip to Austin for Melanie and the girls and they discuss why; plus catch up on recipes, books, and movies and talk about the 4th... [Continue Reading]
On this week's episode, with Melanie away, Dom welcomes a special guest, their 9-year-old daughter Lucia. They discuss what a pushover Dom is without Melanie there; favorite meals; introducing kids to favorite Christmas specials; and time and... [Continue Reading]
On this week's show, Ikea trip and scouting trip! Dom and Melanie get a weekend free for some home improvement; Melanie reads a Japanese novel about words and life; Dom cooks baked ziti and a white bean soup; and John the Baptist enters the picture.
On this week's episode, another Bett is married! Dom and Melanie went to another nephew’s wedding; had another near-disaster on a holiday (but everything’s OK!); gush over Andor; and talk about the meals surrounding Thanksgiving Day.
On this week's episode, for Christ the King Sunday, Dom and Melanie take a walk on the beach, discuss whether published recipes can ever be modified, talk about how The Chosen’s anachronisms can be okay, and why Christ’s kingship is so different... [Continue Reading]