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    My new site is L I V E and I’m thrilled!
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    • Jun 16
    • 3 min
    About Our Lives

    My new site is L I V E and I’m thrilled!

    Actually, it’s not quite finished; there are still lots of blog posts that have to be moved over and some adjustments that have to be...
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    There are things we can do—or not
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    • May 26
    • 2 min
    About Our Lives

    There are things we can do—or not

    According to CBS news, “Robb Elementary School is the 27th shooting to happen at a school so far this year.” Take a minute and let that...
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    I am disappointed in  myself
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    • May 5
    • 2 min
    About Our Lives

    I am disappointed in myself

    So far, 2022 has shaken me to my core. It has left me questioning things I believed to be true—things I took for granted. Number 1 I...
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    Dinner and a movie?
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    • Apr 14
    • 3 min
    About Our Lives

    Dinner and a movie?

    I got a call last week from a friend asking if I wanted to go to the movies. The movies! What a concept, I thought. Our local multiplex...
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    The miracle of Easter and spring
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    • Apr 7
    • 2 min
    About Our Lives

    The miracle of Easter and spring

    Easter is important not just for the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but for the power of what is happening...
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    Keeping up with all the tasks
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    • Mar 17
    • 3 min
    About Our Lives

    Keeping up with all the tasks

    I am totally focused on everything that is in front of me, and trust me, it’s thrilling. However the down side is that I have a lot of...
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    Apple pie recipe, simple
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    • Feb 3
    • 3 min
    About Our Lives

    Apple pie recipe, simple

    Over the holidays when our kitchen was super busy, our kitchen faucet broke. It was annoying, but not debilitating. At one point we were...
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    Losing a friend
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    • Jan 6
    • 5 min
    Cooking

    Losing a friend

    After 13 years, Bentley, our dog, got sick. She had a mass in her abdomen and before we could find out exactly what the mass was, she...
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    New Year resolution: You only need one—learn why
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    • Dec 30, 2021
    • 3 min
    About Our Lives

    New Year resolution: You only need one—learn why

    Ending one year and starting a new one is an important passage we all go through as the days of the calendar end and we align to start...
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    A wedding, a party, and lots of laughs
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    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 2 min
    About Our Lives

    A wedding, a party, and lots of laughs

    Last Friday we attended our daughter Olivia’s wedding to Greg—again. Thanks to COVID this was actually a redo. They were married last...
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    Our memories are powerful tools
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    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 3 min
    About Our Lives

    Our memories are powerful tools

    In Of Human Bondage, William Somerset Maugham describes the uniqueness of each life creating a pattern similar to the texture and...
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    Mom's favorite apple tart—easy and good
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    • Oct 28, 2021
    • 4 min
    About Our Lives

    Mom's favorite apple tart—easy and good

    My mother grew up in Normandy, France. She was full of memories of life near Étretat. But her stories would really come to life when she...
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    How walking makes me a better cook
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    • Oct 7, 2021
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    Cooking

    How walking makes me a better cook

    A while back I changed my walks into meditative walks. I don’t remember if I read about it or if I just discovered how powerful it is....
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    What’s your favorite food?
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    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 2 min
    Cooking

    What’s your favorite food?

    I was in New York City a couple of weeks ago getting my hair styled. The subject of my book came up; of course it did. The woman sitting...
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    Recipes are not perfect—here is how to fix them
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    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 5 min
    Recipes

    Recipes are not perfect—here is how to fix them

    Nach Waxman (pronounce “Knock”), founder of the revered bookstore Kitchen Arts & Letters in NYC, sadly passed away in the beginning of...
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    What created my passion for food?
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    • Aug 12, 2021
    • 3 min
    About Our Lives

    What created my passion for food?

    As I’m finishing the last details of the book, my friend Tulis asks me who I am dedicating the book to? I think about it and say, "I have...
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    I wasn't going to mention it, but then I thought, why not?
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    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 2 min
    About Our Lives

    I wasn't going to mention it, but then I thought, why not?

    It’s been an accomplishment I never thought I would/could do. But as the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu said, “A journey of a thousand...
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    DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN AVOID POISON IVY AND STILL GET IT?
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    • May 27, 2021
    • 3 min
    About Our Lives

    DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN AVOID POISON IVY AND STILL GET IT?

    I’ve been allergic to poison ivy since I was a child. I remember being covered in calamine lotion and being miserable. Anyone who has...
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    WHEN YOU ARE WRITING A BESTSELLER, IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME
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    • May 13, 2021
    • 2 min
    About Our Lives

    WHEN YOU ARE WRITING A BESTSELLER, IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME

    I’m almost at the end and all I seem to do is stare into space. I’m going through the last, the very last part of editing—this is by far...
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    We Love Our Pets
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    • Jun 29, 2011
    • 2 min
    About Our Lives

    We Love Our Pets

    As seen at antangifts.com We entered the restaurant, La Rôtisserie du Beaujolais* on the Quai de la Tournelle (5e arrondissement), and...
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