Cooking from Cookbooks: A new project
July 16, 2018
I own a lot of cookbooks. They overflow the special, extra long shelf I had built for them when we remodeled the kitchen. They are everywhere….
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Summer Fun: Basil Lemon Ice Cream
June 20, 2018
Lightening things up after my all too heavy and all too revealing last post. So, I bring you something that makes everyone happy – ICE CREAM!…
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My Own Demons & Suicidal Thoughts
June 9, 2018
I am going to write about something deeply personal today. I can count the number of people that know about my suicide story on one hand…
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Fiddleheads: Annual Indulgence
June 5, 2018
When fiddleheads appear in the springtime, they are inviting with their cute little curls, deeply green coloring and special weirdness. Their houseplant coils whisper healthy, exotic…
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Time is Written in the Garden Weeds
May 16, 2018
My writing group teases me about numbers. I like numbers. They always appear in my writing. My writing group thinks my use of numbers is a symptom of my engineering past. I think using them is innate to me and how I function. Did my need to measure and quantify come before I went into engineering or did engineering turn me into a number cruncher?
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Reality Check about Recreational Cooking Class
May 3, 2018
Last night, I taught a cooking class in pie making focusing on two methods for crust. The location felt making a quiche and a double crust…
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What to write, what to write, what to write?
April 19, 2018
Hello world. I am stuck. I don’t know what to write in this space anymore. So, I am taking a writing workshop at GrubStreet in Boston….
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Bailing the Ship, Kicking off Ego Pirates
March 14, 2018
I love water sports. Unfortunately, my ego has gotten in the way of spending much time on the water lately. My never-ending battle to keep my…
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This IS what I do. Really, it is.
February 24, 2018
“What do you do for a living?” The question came before I launched into my usual witty and entertaining introduction that sets the class at ease….
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