A few days ago Eunoia Review published “Dangerous Words: A Drabble.” You can read it by clicking here. Now first things first, I say “a few days ago” because for some reason I can never keep track of when Eunoia Review publishes my things. They are based in Singapore, which is only a day ahead …
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OK, so this post's title is tongue-and-cheek. 'Cause this a blog about COOKING and WRITING, though Leah and I did have a pretty fun time in Minneapolis last week. So here’s a few more pictures from the trip, and explanations that go with them. Again, the highlight of our short vacation was definitely the frozen …
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Leah and I have been MIA for a bit because we went to Minneapolis. A question we got a lot while planning, going, gone, and after returning was, “Why?” I think this was mostly with the implied addition of, “Since it is so cold there.” Thus, what got into us? Well, the short and best …
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In my senior literature class we’re finishing up The Stranger, by Albert Camus. Believe it or not, but before this summer I’d never read the novel (there’s a lot of literature out there!). And I am absolutely loving it. Our copy was translated by Matthew Ward, which is a point worth noting—Camus wrote in French, …
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One of the highlights of visiting my sister in Denver was Leah and I got to see where she works. Librarians do a number of things, and part of a library science program can be working with book storage. My sister was lucky enough to get a job at an archive, retrieving old books and …
Over the weekend Leah and I attended a Shakespeare Party. It was a lot of fun and yes, I hear you groaning, and yes, this is what English teachers do. We didn’t sit around and read Shakespeare, but we did wear name tags with Shakespeare quotes on them, ate food from a Shakespearean cookbook, and …
For Valentine’s Day I gave Leah four babies. Her babies are green and round and fuzzy, but no, they aren’t tennis balls! Her babies live underwater and come from Japan… by way of Amazon Prime. They’re called marimos, or Japanese moss balls, and by far they’re the strangest plants I’ve ever seen. There’s four of …
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Leah and I have matching toothbrushes. She found a package of these neat bamboo toothbrushes at the store and I like them. First and foremost, they are really soft. Dental hygiene is important to me, and dentists always say to use the softest-bristled toothbrush you can find. Also, it’s really satisfying to go to the …
“Bachelor Delight” was a common meal my family made when I was growing up. Though I didn’t realize it 'til now, this was a we’re-busy-and-don’t-have-time-tonight meal. Back then, we called it “Hobo Dinner.” That name isn’t too appealing (and probably not PC), so after making it Leah and I started calling it “Hobo Delight.” Upon …
April 2017: Leah and I moved to North Carolina, a completely new state for both of us. She’s from the Boston area, or actually Duxbury, MA, to be specific. To those of us not from Massachusetts, Duxbury and Boston might seem like similar places (they’re 45 minutes apart). But trust me, they’re pretty different. Or …
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