By Les Proctor on July 17, 2009
When I was attending The University of Texas at Austin (a.k.a. “The University”) in the mid-eighties, I discovered “Chili Frito Pie.” Now if you’ve ever spent any time in Texas, you know that Chili is a really big deal.
Posted in Recipes | Tagged country music, fun food
By Les Proctor on July 15, 2009
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has set a challenge for this cause [...] and will fund 50% of any classroom project that prepares students in rural and high-poverty communities for college.
Posted in Causes | Tagged charities, donations, giving back
By Les Proctor on July 14, 2009
My first ancestor in North America (‘John The Immigrant’) voyaged to these shores in 1609 aboard “The Sea Venture”, which was a part of The Virginia Company [...]
Posted in Featured | Tagged geneaology, the sea venture
By Les Proctor on July 12, 2009
Just after High School in the early eighties, I lived for an all too short while in Neuchatel [...] famed for its its hospitality, clockmaking, chocolate, and banking–and [...] its fondue.
Posted in Recipes | Tagged fondue, fun food
By Les Proctor on June 14, 2009
“A man’s thoughts are the threads of which the fabric of his days are woven.” ~ Marcus Aurelius [....] is also considered one of the most important Stoic Philosophers.
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged civility, decorum, philosophy, thoughts
By Les Proctor on June 10, 2009
Ok I admit it. This book is a little “out there.” But a Jesuit friend of mine recommended it, and I really got a lot out of it, particularly as it pertains to becoming a better parent [...]
Posted in Books, Inspiration | Tagged living with purpose, spirituality
By Les Proctor on January 15, 2009
By A.S.J. Tessimond This is not Love, perhaps, Love that lays down its life, That many waters cannot quench, Nor the floods drown, But something written in lighter ink, Said in a lower tone, something, perhaps, especially our own. A need, at times, to be together and talk, And then the finding we can walk [...]
Posted in Books, Causes, Inspiration | Tagged poetry
