July 2010
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June 2010
9 posts
“Absence is to love as wind is to fire; It extinguishes the small and kindles the...”
– Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
It'll probably bore you, but...
I suppose this blog is really just for me. It’s not very entertaining, but a place to put things. To write little bits and post pictures of this year that I see my husband only about 3 days a month—at best.
Two years ago I was complaining about seeing him once a week. Less than a year ago I was complaining about only seeing him an hour a day. I wasn’t complaining that...
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The 40 year old McDonalds drive-thru cashier saw Beatrix. A huge smile crawled across his face. He’s beaming.
Him: Oh!! A BABY!!
He leans out the window to see her, he waves at her enthusiastically, it’s honest.
Him: Hello little girl! HELLO!
He isn’t handicapped, he’s just into the baby, I…
Strawberries from the farmers market, in season and grown locally.
They have ruined me for any other strawberries.
When I was pregnant with Henry, my mom and I would walk the Farmers Market drinking unsweetened hot peach tea from a vendor. We’d fill our baskets with everything in season and little homemade things like a suction cup mini-glass vase with copper wires wound around it.
...
May 2010
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April 2010
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What do you really look like?
I have spent so many years covering up my face with foundation. I’m prone to break out and I have always had dark circles under my eyes. I’m always disguising what I look like as if the very idea of bare skin is offensive.
I spent my first day without makeup expecting people to stare at how awful I looked. I was in Walmart of all places, which is kind of funny if you’ve...
March 2010
2 posts
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MJF Basic Farmhouse Crackers
Skipping ahead here a bit, I love to make things from scratch. This is a recipe from MaryJane Butters, of MaryJane’s Farm fame— she’s pretty big in Idaho—who has a magazine abot organic living on a budget. More on that later.
Here’s the recipe I am going to attempt this week.
Basic Farmhouse Crackers
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15-20 minutes
Makes: 3-4...
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The Fat Fallacy
Years ago, I started reading a book called The Fat Fallacy. One of those trendy diet books that claimed to know the reason Americans are so fat. This one in particular started the talk about Why French Women Don’t Get Fat.
What it taught me started EVERYTHING. Trouble, complication and some good things, too. I couldn’t eat the things I used to anymore.
This book had a breakdown...
February 2010
2 posts
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December 2009
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