After several failed attempts over the years, I usually ended up with smashed candies running all over the cookie sheet in a sticky, layered mess. Either the gods were with me this time, or I finally found a recipe that works. Don’t be intimated by this recipe; it’s really pretty easy if you remember to [...]
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Dance club is a clandestine ritual that parents can only attend by invitation, when you are lucky enough to be asked to serve as a chaperon. I was invited. First, Dad was out of town, so the boys and I huddled around the computer together as we watched You Tube videos that explained how to [...]
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Book Review of Sarah Addison’s Garden Spells… and teaching your kids to enjoy books on tape, not the annoying kid CDs.
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I called ahead to find the bypass; surely there was a way to get to point B without traveling through the environs of my youth? I was told that straight through the town was the direct route. It’s not that I don’t like driving down the roads that lead to my hometown anymore; it’s just [...]
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In my newspaper column this week, I revealed startling facts: There are 800 million people who go to bed hungry. While some Moms are forced to choose between utilities and food, the global economic crisis is stressing the supplies of food banks at precisely the moment when the food is needed the most. In 2007, [...]
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My friend, who is a high school English teacher, was lamenting her reading of the Twilight series, which her students begged her to crack open. (Actually, we don’t talk anymore; we just email each other.) She wrote, this “is so poorly written but I can’t put the damn thing down now.” The work of a [...]
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I don’t think there’s a soul out there that doesn’t melt at the thought of a biscuit, warm and golden, fresh out of the oven. Now, just imagine the melted butter in the middle. Yet, for all of their down-to-earth plainness, home-made biscuits are a luxury; it takes too much time to cut the butter [...]
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This sign is a plea for help. Never has your gift of food been so important. Food banks across the world are depleted, at precisely the moment when more families must choose between utilities and food. Every six seconds a child dies because he or she is hungry. Grow some vegetables in your own backyard, [...]
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We head to the lake in all seasons to expose the boys to the rhythms of nature; to try to synchronize their souls with this ancient pulse of the seasons, of sleep and wake, retreat and release, all without truly without knowing how these experiences will impact their future lives. In reality, it’s a great [...]
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