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From my bedroom window I see the town blanketed with a deep, fresh snow and I can’t imagine how I’m going to get my three-cylinder Geo Metro out of my steep driveway. As I float awake I remember I left the car parked on the street, so all I have to do is dig it […]

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My mother was one of the smartest people I’ve ever know, and that’s saying something, because I know some pretty smart people (you know who you are) and I learned a lot from her. Some things I learned because she drilled them into mine and my sibling’s heads on a regular basis, some through observation, […]

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I look around my home; my bedroom, my den, my kitchen, and I see so many things that make up my inheritance, either directly, or through generations. I have many beautiful things that belonged to others before me, but my favorites are some of the utilitarian tools in my kitchen. It should come as no […]

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Cooking and teaching someone to cook are vastly different. Both take a certain amount of patience, but teaching requires a very different level of attention. When my daughter was eight I asked her if she wanted to start learning to cook. She was excited, we got a kids cookbook, and I let her choose what she […]

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For each of us, the way we offer it becomes our currency of love. All people express love in their own specific and sometimes quirky ways. Your beloved may show their love for you by washing and vacuuming your car every weekend, someone else may surprise you with small, sweet gifts, I once knew someone who showed […]

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