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what’s saving my life right now
It is February 2nd, which unbeknownst to me, is the actual halfway point of winter (add that to my “what I’m learning” list: that is why Groundhog Day is February…
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speculaas cookies (Dutch Christmas cookies)
As a little girl, we celebrated St. Nicholas Day by putting our shoes outside the night before December 6th. St. Nicholas would come and fill our shoes with treats. It…
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gardening tip: plant more peas
I went to pick up some donated plants for Project Eden a few weeks ago and, in the process, made a new friend. Elizabeth is a master gardener and was…
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wendell for wednesday
From a 2007 commencement address at Bellarmine University: In all the history of teaching and learning, our own time may be the oddest. We seem to be obsessed with education.…
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birthday cake!
So I resolved to be a bit more adventurous in the kitchen this year – stretch my comfort zone a bit. I love to cook, but I’ve never been a…
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wendell for wednesday
People who know the garden in which their vegetables have grown and know the garden is healthy will remember the beauty of the growing plants, perhaps in the dewy first…
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wendell for wednesday
If you’re participating in Grace’s Hunger Challenge this week, you’re probably thinking about food and hunger a little more frequently and differently than you usually might. Wendell extols us (sub)urban…
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the hunger challenge
If you go to Grace on a regular basis, you’ve heard about the upcoming Hunger Challenge. The Challenge starts next week. Those of us who have accepted the challenge, in…
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Time away
A little lady surprised us a month early, so I had little planned for this space with her early arrival. I hope you don’t mind that I’ve taken the last…
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real food on the cheap
Did you catch this opinion in last week’s NYT? A mother writes about her efforts to feed her family healthfully on a shoestring budget: My turn with spade and hoe…
