I’m baaaaaack! In fact, I’m back in more ways than one. Back to blogging, back to school, and back in the swing of things. It’s good to be back. But let me tell you, being back isn’t all fun and games, rainbows and unicorns, flowers and fairy dust. In some ways it’s difficult to be back because, by being [...]
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Father’s Day is fast approaching and it’s got me thinking. My dad does a lot, including but not limited to lawn mowing, grocery shopping, meat grilling, hard working, and general handyman-ing. In a more sentimental mood, he’ll even dabble in advice giving. Sure, his jokes are eye-rollers. Some dads come home from work smelling neutral. Mine comes home smelling like artificial watermelon [...]
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The manual method of bread-making is unparalleled by any Bread Machine. Bread-making is a captivating experience: the texture of a pliable dough, the yeasty smell of rising bread, the beautiful aesthetics of a golden crust. You know what’s not so captivating? Baking up a big, fragrant loaf of bread, only to cut into it and find [...]
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I love my Belgian waffle-maker. For nearly a year, it’s been a trusty appliance that’s yielded many perfect, fluffy waffles. Unfortunately, what I’m about to share with you is the waffle-maker’s nemesis. They’ll turn your Belgian wafflemaker into a hot mess, your kitchen countertop a site of a flour-bomb explosion, and your hands a dirty receptacle for cinnamon sugar. Ooey gooey innards will caramelize into [...]
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A bright-, blue-eyed little girl wanders around the front lawn, grass stalks tickling the sides of her sandaled feet. The cloudy sky casts a cold illumination on a pinwheel spinning nearby in the garden. The yellow house sits, rather amused, as she circles it, searching for something. What is she searching for so diligently? It seems to spur her every motion, as [...]
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Swoon. The verb evokes a spirit of fanaticism, of eagerness, of weak-in-the-knees adoration. To be honest, I don’t usually think of myself as a swooner because the word sounds like a noise that a bird or other winged creature would make. I don’t like thinking of myself as a bird. But on second thought, what’s [...]
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