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Food

Mmm, Mmm, Soup…

28.12.2011

The other thing I love about winter (besides getting to knit more) is cooking. I hate standing over the stove in the summer. But come the cooler weather I get my cooking mojo back. Today is the perfect day for soup. There’s a cold wind, dark clouds, and the threat of some kind of precipitation—though [...]

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The Great Danbury State Fair

14.10.2011

It was a long, untroubled day. There is nothing like it. So wrote E. B. White in The New Yorker on October 18th, 1930. He was writing about visiting the Danbury State Fair. I suppose most people who have State Fairs feel the same way about theirs as we felt about ours. Starting when I [...]

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Comfort Reading

08.09.2011

I’m a huge fan of comfort food. There’s nothing in the world that a good dish of hot, creamy mac and cheese can’t fix. Just saying. Some people find comfort from settling in and watching old movies. Sometimes, though, it can be a book that lets you downshift and exhale. I’m reading one of those [...]

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Location, Location, Location

15.02.2011

I’ve been re-reading Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones. I’m not sure why I waited so long to revisit this book, but I’m glad I pulled it off the shelves again. One chapter that I zeroed in on was “Writing in Restaurants.” I love her advice: you must establish a relationship with your cafe. I [...]

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