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Chicken Mirepoix Galette
By Diann Leo-Omine Yields one 8-inch galette, serves 3-4 as part of a meal A galette for our shortest days. The crust is light and flaky with a dash of apple cider vinegar and a touch of pastry flour. A comforting filling is brightened by cheerful lemon zest and grounded by woody thyme. Grocery store…
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Grief is a Bird
I’ve said it before, but grief is a bird. It’s a bird that comes and goes as it pleases. It can be unpleasant. Have you ever fully and truly welcomed grief? Culturally, we’re taught not to be sad. Hide your emotions in public spaces. (Though, I feel I’ve seen more than one list on the…
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The Confluence
2020. Collective trauma, global pandemic, racial upheaval, voter suppression. I’ve been thinking about the trees lately. It’s been very hard. I think about the Georgia O’Keefe quote, “If more people were trees, I would like them better.” I’ve reflected on the metaphor of confluence. The converging of different waters, different tines of the river. The…
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Turkey Troubles
A round-about story: we wound up with a free 12lb turkey after a trip to the discount grocery store the week before Thanksgiving. On the drive home, I started to strategize a way to play Tetris with the items already in my freezer, but also with the addition of, well, a turkey. (I now know…
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Red, White, and the Election Day Blues
Current mood: existential dread. Cautious optimism. Dread, dot, period. All of the above. Current mood: unwavering hope. Oscillating between that natural hope for all to work out as it will and the worst case scenario. To be clear, I am not living in fear, but I am afraid. Even if I was living in fear,…
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