by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 24, 2021 | for Body, for Spirit
There's an old humorous saying: Catholics claim the pope is infallible, but no one believes it.Mormons claim the prophet is fallible, but no one believes it. It's more true than it should be. (Perhaps on both counts.) What we claim to believe and how we behave should...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 28, 2015 | for Body
Last August I cooked a t-bone steak. For the first time in my 51 years. If I cook meat its either chicken, fish, or the occasional pork loin, so my husband's birthday dinner request was not met with much rejoicing. Chances were much higher that a bunch of expensive...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 17, 2015 | for Body, for Good
As the push to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion mill becomes stronger—and people stop letting warm and fuzzy words like “choice” annihilate their common sense and human decency (excluding, of course, the Obama administration, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 16, 2015 | for Body
Summer cooking gets me down for all sorts of reasons. It is too nice outside to stay inside and cook. Cooking makes things hot(ter). Cooking. And thus I am always on the lookout for dinners that are quick, healthy, and tasty, without burning up the house. Today I...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 16, 2015 | for Body, for Mind, for Spirit
For as long as I can remember, I have been a heterosexual, cis-gendered, any-ethnicity-with-melanin female with bold opinions about transgenderism trapped in the body of a heterosexual , cis-gendered, pasty white female who cannot bring herself to express her bold...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 7, 2015 | for Body, for Spirit
Maybe I'm weird, but never in my 50 years of Mormondom have I hung my head and cried: Oh, if only I could have wine with dinner, my entire life would be complete! Here are some other things I've never said: My life is empty without getting sloppy drunk at least three...
