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Being Spoiled for Dinner

I was a princess yesterday. Or, at least, wonderfully lazy and treated quite nicely. Luis, on his first day of spring break, decided that he would cook dinner for me. After a lazy morning, we headed down to the Greenmarket … Continue reading

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Omnivory and Orange Chicken

I have recently finished reading Michael Pollan’s The Ominvore’s Dilemma. It is a fascinating book. It did take me a while, but mostly becuase I needed to mentally digest things before moving on, not becuase it was too dense or … Continue reading

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Travel Reading
Lilith’s Brood, Octavia Butler

This past weekend I flew out to Reno, where my mother met me, and drove to Lake Tahoe, where the party for my grandmother’s 80th birthday had already begun. It was a wonderful trip, of which I will write more … Continue reading

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Lilith’s Brood, Octavia Butler