High Low

by ninja | Family Uncaged

Around our dinner table every night we share our high of the day and our low of the day. It’s a ritual we’ve come to enjoy and it breeds good discussion around the dinner table. Last night it was very sweet to hear that my children’s high revolved...

Three Great Soups

by ninja | Family Uncaged

My friend Jen has been making my soups for large groups in Paris. I thought I’d share two of the ones she’s made (tomato basil and corn chowder) and share also my tortilla soup recipe. Perhaps today is a good day to make soup! Fresh Tomato Basil Soup This...

Awash in the arts

by ninja | Write!

I spent the weekend in Geneva for the Christian Associates worship arts gathering. It was a lovely time. I learned a lot, but mostly I enjoyed getting to chat with some good folks. I loved talking to Heather and sharing our hearts over Lebanese food. I loved that our...

What Happens at a Mushroom Festival

by ninja | Family Uncaged

So we went to the Mushroom Festival in our village today. Funny thing. There weren’t any mushrooms. There was a pen where a dog dug holes, sniffing out truffles, but other than that, we saw the usual sites–cheese and wine booths and pig heads. And, of...

Ever Feel Small?

by ninja | Family Uncaged, Write!

I feel small. I’m writing another parenting book, this time about how to parent in a postmodern world, and I feel terribly small. Unworthy. Incapable. I discussed this with Patrick, thankfully. “That’s why you’re writing the book,” he...