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Scorpions in the Shower
Yesterday, I had the kind of day that included: • a 7 AM parking lot tutoring session for daughter #1 • the announcement: “Mommy, I tied a cherry stem with my tongue…” (–for the 7th time. We’re going...
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Family Orchard
Nothing for me, unpacks homegrown memory like apples. And my dad jogged that memory by bringing a box of apples from Western New York this May. I grew up in an apple orchard. There is a picture of me...
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Belizean Chicken
If you’ve ever dreamed of living on or visiting a tropical island, Eddie Usher’s Isla Marisol, located off Glover’s Reef atoll on a UN World Heritage site, can’t be beat. Short of stepping foot on the...
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Photo Essay 2: Valse de Paris at Street Level
Filed under: Europe, food, Paris, photography, travel with kids Tagged: Abbesses, Parisan cafes, Parisan food, photography, streets, travel
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Flight Testing Winslow’s LaPosada Turquoise Room
Getting There The last time I got into a small airplane involved 5th of vodka and a 70-pound-hog-tied dog, because the time before that involved an unleashed 70-pound-dog frantically clawing her way...
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Writing Through the Handicaps, Or Not.
Just when I established a rhythm, just when I thought I had it all under control, it all kind of oozed out between my fingers. Or at least one finger. I was on a (writing) roll in February. Kids were …...
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Started Instagraming… #BraggsFactoryDiner
http://instagram.com/p/a8puOZoJbx/ Janson at Dustracks and Nomadruss inspired this… And my Instagram-gifted teen helped me get started! Thank you all!Filed under: adventure & travel, Arizona,...
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Photo Essay: Southwest Seasonal Farmers Market Bounty
Filed under: food, lifestyle, photography Tagged: Community Supported Agriculture, CSA box, farmers market, Farmers Market Images, Fresh Farm Produce, Grandma's tomatoes, Heirloom tomatoes, Heirloom...
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Thanksgiving, Writing, the Kitchen Sink and Other Rituals
Grandmother’s Kitchen Sometimes I’m paralyzed by the idea that I can recall so few specifics about my grandmother. She was a cook undaunted by crowds lining up outside our church—serving three hundred...
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Photo Essay: Vancouver’s Public Market and Surrounds
Filed under: adventure & travel, Canada, food, holidays, photography, Travel Tagged: British Columbia, city scenes, farmers market, French bistro, French cuisine, pommes frites, Public Market, sea...
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