As I’ve mentioned before, I have an aversion to throwing things out. Part of the aversion is a familial and cultural inheritance, but part of it is just my personality: I tend to anthropomorphize things, and so if I’ve loved something–loved living with it and using it, loved how it looked and the way itContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Patching Things Up”
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How MourningDove Spends Her Saturday
I was going to start out by saying this was a parody of the NYTimes “How a X Spends Their Sunday” feature, but then I realized the Sundays documented in that feature are the parodies…. Honestly I don’t see how any human being can fit in that many brunches and play dates and pilates classesContinue reading “How MourningDove Spends Her Saturday”
Drama Queen: Queenmaker
Have you read Naomi Alderman’s The Power? If not, you should (before you watch the Amazon Prime version….) It imagines a world where women hold the power because, via a genetic mutation, they become physically superior to men. Spoiler alert: It’s not utopia. But still there’s something enticing about a politics based on consensus andContinue reading “Drama Queen: Queenmaker”
Letter of Recommendation: Plain Greek Yoghurt
In the interest of historical accuracy, my tombstone should read, right under the dates: “This is how long you can make it basically on Greek yoghurt.” I was a picky eater as a kid, had a touchy stomach in my 20s, and have been a lousy planner ever since–which means a spoonful of plain GreekContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Plain Greek Yoghurt”
Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season Two: Strength
Day 41: Ps. 41:5, “My enemies speak evil against me, ‘When will he die, and his name perish?’” We’re going to go through almost the entirety of Psalm 41 in this chapter: it’s so smart on the subjects of betrayal and social isolation—and on the Heavenly perspective on these devastating attacks on humanity. Here theContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season Two: Strength”
Ruby Fox Hides Her Toys
To brighten up your Monday….
Best Waffles from 101 Cookbooks
From Heidi Swanson’s venerable blog. A little rose water in the whipped cream goes a long way. I like that you don’t have to rest these overnight in the fridge or separate the egg yolks and whites. They’re really savory and satisfying–and not bad for you either with all the whole grain action.
Korean breakfast hand rolls
Kinda a cross between a breakfast taco and gimbap, a beautifully composed, portable snack roll with seaweed bark, an outer ring of rice, and a heart of anything delicious from kimchi to pickled radish to egg to tuna mayo. My version, you hand-fold and eat on the spot because you want the gyeran jim (KoreanContinue reading “Korean breakfast hand rolls”
Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season One: Comfort
I’m starting a short series today of excerpts from a project that I’ve been working on for about 3 years, a devotional that I started writing based on the Bible passages that got me through the most intense period of trauma and recovery from narcissistic discard. To be honest I’m nervous about sharing this projectContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season One: Comfort”
Upcycled Cashmere CYA Mini-Skirt
I love it when seemingly unrelated problems get together and solve themselves. It saves me a lot of work. In this case the problems were as follows: Don’t get me wrong: I own multiple pairs of tights. They are unbeatable for cycling and cross-country skiing, also climbing and running (in the winter). And I amContinue reading “Upcycled Cashmere CYA Mini-Skirt”
The Rookery 