(Not) Slaving over a hot stove . . . or How To Delegate, With Wine . . .

Like me, my daughters are decent cooks who like cooking and baking, when it suits us. But we also know how to pick guys who enjoy their kitchen time. And we know how to let…

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It’s Here! Merry Christmas!

There are some holes in my It’s Christmas Now theory, my intention of embracing all the moments of preparation for the Day as part of the seasonal richness. The biggest problem would be that all…

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Christmas Hooky . . . Time Out!

What a good thing I had committed myself tofinding Christmas in the moment, yesterday morning. As it turned out, not only our 8:30 ferry, but then also the 10:30 and the 12:30 were cancelled, due…

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Needing Sunshine, Finding Lemons, Making Cake . . .

I’m sequestered with a pile of research papers, in between forays out to attend meetings. Little time for blogging, sadly, but I remember promising to share the simple, delicious recipe I found online for a…

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Weekend Running and Eating . . .

Outside, it’s dark and stormy, and those clouds had their contents shaken loose by a ravaging wind, so that I was pelted with rain all through my Long Slow Distance Run this morning.  My target…

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