We started out young and dumb, and next week will find us middle aged and wiser. Tuesday the Norwegian Artist and I celebrate 30 years of marriage. One man, one woman, who decided to throw our lots in together and see where our combined energy, talent, drive, and love would take us in a world [...]
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Awash with Squash
October 17th, 2012
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It was a dark and stormy night. Amidst the raging wind, and while I sat cosily knitting on the couch, The Norwegian Artist and the Son and Heir brought in the last of the garden’s harvest. (Those of you who enjoy a comfortable, long-time relationship with the other half of your soul recognize that, sometimes [...]
Recipe: Chicken and Quinoa Soup with Cubed Delicata Squash
October 17th, 2012
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Soup is fast, easy, cheap, nutritious, and flexible. If you don’t have some of the ingredients, don’t worry: use rice instead of quinoa; pumpkin in place of delicata squash; leftover chicken instead of a frozen chicken thigh. Vary your spices, depending upon what’s in the cupboard and what you like. To a certain extent, your [...]
Quick, Cheap, Simple French Bread Recipe
June 26th, 2012
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Homemade bread doesn’t taste anything like what you’re accustomed to buying in the store — Thank God. If you’ve never made bread before, cut yourself some slack — your first loaves may not be picture perfect, but they’ll more than likely be edible. As with anything, the more you practice — and learn from your [...]
Home Decor for the Rest of Us
October 4th, 2011
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I saw the most amazing home decor accessory this weekend — a strip of gold cloth artfully laid across the coffee table. It’s not that draping fabric is so unusual, at least not in my place. I mean, there are jackets on the floor, socks stuffed in corners, t-shirts lolling languorously wherever a person still [...]
Grandparents — Parenting the Second Time Around
October 2nd, 2011
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There’s dried fettuccini on the bathroom floor, which is a variation from the usual wet towels, but this time it’s not the teenagers’ fault. Our two-year old granddaughter – whom we babysit on a regular basis while her mother works and goes back to school – has been rummaging around the cupboards. Like many people [...]
It’s a Good Hair Day and I Can Do Anything!
September 27th, 2011
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I am so ready to tackle the world today. I just got back from getting my hair cut, and for this one day, my hair will be perfect, and, as you know, when your hair is perfect, you can do anything. Theoretically, I should be able to repeat the “do” tomorrow, since I showed my [...]
Dating Richard Gere
September 8th, 2011
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Lately the folks at Pandora Radio, through one of their pop up windows, have been trying to set me up on a date with hot guys in the 50s, all of whom look like Richard Gere. You’d think that, nailing my age more accurately than most of my friends, these cyber match makers would know [...]
