October 2012 ⋆ Chef John Malik

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29 Oct Hopping that Blog

Posted at 21:29h in Doughnuts for Amy, Good Friends, Retirement, The Next Big Thing, Uncategorized by ChefJohn 3 Comments

My dear friend Shaunda Wenger invited me to participate in a blog hop titled "The Next Big Thing" which is meant to showcase a writer's work in progress. If you ask me that sort of sounds like a lead-in to an old Godzilla movie. So...

27 Oct A Book Review

Posted at 20:54h in Great Books by ChefJohn 14 Comments

Today’s forecast, grey, cold, cloudy and humid. The day I started reading Emlyn Chand’s Torn Together, the weather mimicked the feel of the first forty pages of this novel. 20 year-old budding artist Daly English is struggling through life. Her father has recently passed away...

25 Oct The Good Lady Upstairs

Posted at 21:31h in Dogs, Family, My Amy, Pinot Noir, Spouse, Wine by ChefJohn 3 Comments

Bonnie, our faithful and fearless Jack Russell Terrier was growling, a deep threatening growl that meant business. She was determined not to let this intruder near our bed. The hair on the back of her neck spiked upward and her teeth were bared. She was...

10 Oct Do you hear that?

Posted at 21:13h in Adult Beverages, Death, Family, My Amy, Para-normal, Spouse by ChefJohn 3 Comments

Those were foot-steps. No question about it. Even in the darkness I could see the fright on my wife’s face. She threw the blanket over her and clutched me like never before, the flesh on my shoulders proving no match for her recently manicured nails. ...