Dedication Listing

New Writings, January 25 & 26, 2009

March 16th, 2009

American Flatbread – Flatbread Kitchen
Friday and Saturday January 25+26, 2009
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
 
New Writings
 
If these dedications are mini-essays to be completed on this single page, then for the past two weeks I have been writing micro-essays to be complete in not more than three short sentences drawn upon the confines of a [...]

Today, October 17 and 18, 2003

March 5th, 2009

American Flatbread - Flatbread Kitchen
Friday and Saturday October 17 and 18, 2003
This week’s baking and menu are dedicated to:
Today I got up after a good sleep, in time to help my son Willis get
off to school. I ate two cookies that my daughter Hanna had made.
I also ate a bowl of cereal, a banana and [...]

Through A Kitchen Door, August 8, 2003

March 5th, 2009

Dedication 08/08/03
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
Through A Kitchen Door
Several nights ago I awoke from a vivid dream:
The people of the land had been at war for three generations.
It was not an every day war, but its threat and ache persisted
like a low grade fever that never quite went away and sometimes
would flare and [...]

Love and Watching, January 23 & 24, 2004

March 5th, 2009

Friday and Saturday January 23 & 24, 2004
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to:
Love and Watching
When I was small and in school
My mother and father would come
To assemblies, school concerts and plays
And like, I suppose, all parents
They would watch and take joy in
All of the kids, but they had
A special attention for me.
And when it [...]

Flatbread Memories, February 27 & 28, 2004

March 5th, 2009

Friday and Saturday February 27 & 28, 2004
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to:
Flatbread Memories
It’s two o’clock in the afternoon. I never write the dedication this early in the day. For years I wrote between three and four, then it became between four and five. More recently I’ve been writing between five and six, and [...]

Darling Camilla, March 12 & 13, 2004

March 5th, 2009

Waitsfield Flatbread Kitchen- Friday and Saturday March 12 & 13, 2004
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to:
Darling Camilla
All too often the concept of unsung heroes is actualized in our daily lives.
Mother’s day exists, and thank goodness, because if it didn’t we would hardly stop and thank our Moms for the efforts they make day in [...]

Thanksgiving Memories, November 26 & 27, 2004

March 5th, 2009

American Flatbread + Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
Friday and Saturday, November 26th and 27th, 2004
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to
THANKSGIVING MEMORIES
We have learned memories, of course, the ones that come from the stories handed down over the generations. And I am grateful to have these: the noble acts of kindness and generosity the pilgrims and native peoples [...]

The Family Bed, April, 1995

March 5th, 2009

American Flatbread ­ Flatbread Kitchen
Dedication
The first weekend of April, 1995
Tonight’s menu and baking are dedicated to:
THE FAMILY BED

The children and I climb the stairs on our way to bed.
On with the ‘jams, then brush the teeth; we wash our face and hands. We are together. Laughing and talking getting ready for bed. “Read to me [...]