In many ways, it feels we have been in one long Lent for almost a year now.
A pandemic Lent, ox cookies, and Valentine’s gifts (7 Quick Takes)
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Do nothing for Lent
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Many years for Lent I take on too many goals and give up too many things. A few days into Lent, I invariably realize I have failed at everything I planned to give up and take on.
Xin Nian Kuai Le! A Chinese dumpling recipe
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Remember way back at the beginning of the pandemic when we were all jockeying for yeast and discussing sourdough starters? It seems like a distant memory. Lately, I feel I’m thinking more about which local restaurant I want to support tonight.
Our Chinese New Year festivities and other highlights from the week (7 Quick Takes)
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Welcome to the Year of the Ox.
Need a laugh? Meet the Zoom kitten attorney
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I’ve been thinking just how much we all need to laugh right now.
A winter walk with friends
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Yesterday, many, many months since our last visit together, my friends and I decided to get together for a walk.
Winter beauty, food and fun (7 Quick Takes)
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~1~ A few months ago, my husband installed Christmas lights on our back deck. We have always admired our neighbors’ string of multicolored lights on their back deck. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I look out our bedroom window and see theirs and think how cheerful and friendly they are. […]
Thank you, God, for the snow
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It’s elegant and beautiful, covering the trees, spreading across the grass, and changing everything.
BLTs, the finches’ favorite music, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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The other evening I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to eat. Then I opened the freezer and saw some bacon.
Meet my mandolin
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I have never considered buying a mandolin—neither the musical instrument nor the kitchen tool. But if I wanted to try to make this dish, I might as well do it right.
Cookies from a friend in heaven, losing the lottery, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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The cookies are a beautiful reminder that the end of life on earth doesn’t mean the end of a friendship.
President Biden’s top priority must be healing
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President Biden cannot force his opponents to listen to facts, but if he truly wants to unite the country, he needs to do things a lot different from the way past administrations have done.
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