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Spring has sprung, and with it come a multitude of these beautiful trees that bloom in full force all over the valley every March/April. Beautiful, yes. Fragrant, yes. Bad, bad ...
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The secret to work-life balance is to admit to yourself (and your family!) that it does not exist. One day, the scales will tip in the favor of work. The ...
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Dear Running, I am back. Oddly and unexpectedly, I did not want to take off my Vibrams today. I always thought of them as an experiment, a way to maybe ...
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Get over your fear of a saturated market. There will always be room for your skills, ideas, and even love. There will always be room for your uniqueness. It’s your ...
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1- People move out of your way when you walk behind them because they’re afraid you will run them over or sever a nerve ending or cut their Achilles tendon with ...
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You know the role of big brother has totally kicked in when you catch something like this – totally spontaneous and unplanned (I did my best to be sneaky, but ...
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Sometimes, things come together on a plate and it’s Just Right. This salad from last week was just that. A delight. I took my time making it, savoring every step ...
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Deep down in the depths of my heart, I possess a fear that you may call irrational, illogical, unwarranted. But it is there. And it is real. Friends, I have ...
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In an article published today in the Economist, titled Food and the Arab spring: Let them eat baklava, the magazine investigates an issue that it argues is rooted in as well as ...
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This needs to stop. Recipe here. Enjoy. And good luck trying to “just have one bite!” (That was me, a few pounds ago. Thanks a lot, Costco, for all those ...
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This past weekend, I ventured into unchartered culinary territory. Ever since we got our slow-cooker – probably a year and a half ago, I’ve been trying to come up with ...
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I have a friend. (Surprising, I know. Hear me out, though.) This post is a letter to that friend, who is someone I wish all of you could meet, if ...
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A list of random odds and ends from this weekend: 1- As you start out this week, you may find yourself afraid of the effect that one lost hour of sleep ...
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Teaching N about St. Patrick’s Day.. “Mama, what holiday do we have in March?” “Um, I don’t think there are.. oh, wait, there’s St. Patrick’s Day.” I go on to ...
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Here you go. Here’s the result of the Dishwashing Debate poll, which was highly scientific, fair, and well-executed. Basically, based on these results, I win. Pre-rinse all the way, BABY. ...
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“What are you doing?” “Loading the dishwasher” “Why are you doing the dishes twice?” “I’m not, I’m just rinsing them off before putting them in the dishwasher.” “What are you ...
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Lunch. It’s a concept that has been reduced almost to non-existence, a practice that has been reduced to eating heated up brown rice out of a paper cup and a ...
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Dinner this past Sunday was one of those dinners that just begs to be shared with others. I wished that I could invite you all to dinner that night - I admit I ...
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I’m hoping to run my first Pikermi this coming April - after having my 2nd son last June. (Click on the link for more information, but basically a Pikermi = a Half-marathon. ...
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The following soundtrack is mandatory background music for today’s story. So put on your headphones, click on the link, and go forth! 5:07 a.m. I stand at the very front of ...
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After thinking we’d made it through the winter of 2011-2012 without any major snow storms, one such storm came swooping in on us yesterday evening, throwing the doors to winter ...
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