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How often do we recall an event, a meal, a transgression of one sort or another and say “I am certain” about that memory?  And we are, we would swear, we would bet money, we’d bet the farm… Memory though is a funny thing, and though we can see an event in our minds as […]

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Where does compassion live? Are we born with is, or is it something we are taught, or not?  I am pleased to be part of the #1,000 Voices Speak for Compassion project, and today my post is devoted to that. “In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t […]

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Every week you’d find us at Nathan’s in Oceanside having our usual lunch, a hot dog and fried clams for my dad, frog’s legs for me, and we’d split an order of fries. For a short time the two of us would spend Saturdays together. If the weather was nice we’d go to Salisbury Park and we’d play […]

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  It’s no secret that I love chicken thighs, and these Greek chicken thighs are a one-pot wonder with all kinds of possibilities for add-ins. This cold weather makes me long for warm weather, and the flavors of Greece bring back fond memories of travelling there. When I think of those flavors  I think of […]

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