Tag: food

• Conversations on the Dock

  

  We are nearing the end of a lovely early autumn day. The forecast rain never materialized which has become the new norm. To their credit, the Weather Service has been slowly decreasing the chance of rain the pat few days; now it rests at zero. The woodbine is turning scarlet along stone walls. Small flocks…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 26, 2025

  Arts, autumn, Climate Change, creativity, Drought, family, gratitude, Landscape, Nature, Oceans, Stories, Summer

  art, Arts, autumn, books, climate change, conversations, food, ocean. dock, painting, photography, pottery, travel

• Food for the Soul

  I’ve been thinking about food. Seems to me food, place, story, and language are crucial ingredients of family and culture. Each provides a marker for the construction of self, and aids us in the great task of understanding our place in the ongoing history of a people. My mom could not cook. Actually, that is…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 28, 2016

  native american, Stories

  family, food, Native American

• Food

  This post is in fond memory of two men who greatly contributed to my life: my father, and Ipu (Dr. Bernardo Peixoto). I’ve come down with a cold, one of those sinus filling, lethargy generating viruses that linger. I try not to be too judgmental of myself or the virus, after all, we share this…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 1, 2015

  native american, Shamanism, Stories

  food, gratitude, Native American, Shamanism

• Last Day in India

  Musings on our last day in India.

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 26, 2013

  Teaching, Travel

  Chennai, disability, food, Hong Kong, India, travel