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    The beginning of baking season

    Well, Thanksgiving is over, though I don’t have much to show for it outside of a still-not-put-back-together kitchen and a quick snapshot of my cooked turkey. Years ago, I started hosting Thanksgiving dinner for my family and it just kind of stuck. Those early years I remember being more fraught…

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    Looking for the glimmers

    We’re heading into darker times. The weather is growing colder, the sunlight goes away earlier, and the wheel of the year turns once more. I both love and dread this time of year. I adore the cooler weather, the smell in the air, the leaves not just changing but the…

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    Another year, another tomato season

    Hi there. Long time no read. How are you? I mean, I don’t think anyone reads this anymore to really, truly care, but I’m choosing the You’ve Got Mail approach to this blog post right now and pretending I’m writing to an old friend. Maybe you are an old friend,…

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    My soul is restless

    Do you ever feel like you desperately need a change? Something totally, completely, radically different from the way you’re living now? Like everything you’ve been doing is all wrong and suddenly it feels so unbearably bad from all aspects that you just need to light the whole bitch on fire…

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    A little forest bathing

    This weekend we went away to a perfect little cabin nestled in the woods. I wish I could say it was 100% relaxing, but I have homework for college that I needed to do while there. But, we made the best of it. The Little Mr and I headed down…

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    September, already.

    I finished a thing! Autumn has been calling to me, and I have been suddenly feeling in need of warm wool in my hands in preparation for the season. I ended up starting this Stormy Sky shawl in July – on my birthday, in fact – and that urge for warm…