Salt, Ink, & Soul
Writing on food, family, and identity
“I write so that our food, our struggles, and our stories are never forgotten, but carried forward as legacy.”
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Gentle adventures from the Whispering Woods — stories of courage, friendship, and resilience for children, and for the adults who read beside them.
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“Questions for the Future”
This is a meditation on fear, vulnerability, and the quiet cost of hiding yourself. An honest reckoning with the masks we wear, the stories we bury, and the courage it takes to open even a small part of ourselves to the world.
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What I’m Grateful For on the Days After
A gentle reflection on the days after the holiday rush, where gratitude shows up quietly through shelter, food, work, friendship, and the simple warmth of leftovers and check-ins from people who care.
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The Quiet Reckoning of Leftovers
Leftovers aren’t scraps — they’re quiet gifts. A gentle abundance that carries the warmth of the holiday into the days that follow. This essay explores how leftovers reveal generosity, survival, and the hidden hope that something good still remains.
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A Love Letter to Potlucks, Church Basements, and Aluminum Trays
This is a love letter to potlucks, church basements, and aluminum trays — to the people who show up with their best dishes and their quiet hopes. A reflection on how communities have always fed each other, long before we had words like “mutual aid,” and why sharing food is still an act of survival…
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Reclaiming the Family Table in a Digital World
We live in a world where meals aren’t real until they’re posted. This essay explores how phones at the table create a new kind of loneliness — and how reclaiming communal eating begins with the simple act of choosing presence over performance.
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$10 Thanksgiving Recipes — A Collection for When Enough Has to Be Enough
Thanksgiving isn’t easy for everyone. These $10 recipes are for the years when money runs short but the need for comfort doesn’t. Warm, honest food that turns “not enough” into something like gratitude.
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