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Farm to Fork: Oink Outing
This is the second in a series of posts about food from farm to fork, dirt to dinner, field to table, or however you think food gets into your kitchen. Where does bacon come from? Let’s ask Lisa and...
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I Found my Dream Job by Blogging
If I tell you how I found my dream job, will it help you get yours? Maybe not. Job hunting isn’t like following a recipe. What worked for me may not work for you. That said, I want to share my job...
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Slow Cooker Wild Rice Chicken Soup
Wild rice soup is one of my favorite fall meals. It’s the quintessential Minnesota soup—wild rice is very abundant in Minnesota—and I would even go so far as to name it the Minnesota State Soup. Don’t...
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Spinach Basil Walnut Pesto
It’s November and I’m finally posting a spinach pesto recipe I made in August. I traipsed through local farmers markets nearly every weekend this summer and stocked up on big bunches of leafy spinach...
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Swedish Wishing Cookies
Swedish Wishing Cookies My friend, Gladys, gave me a recipe for Swedish wishing cookies several years ago. Gladys knows a thing or two about cookies. Gladys and her husband owned two bakeries in the...
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It’s a Crafty Christmas: Snowman Popcorn Wrapper
Snowman Popcorn Wrapper I needed to find a total of 14 thoughtful, but not too expensive gifts to give my daughters’ daycare teachers and babysitters. Thanks to Laurie Furnell’s blog, I decided to try...
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Happy New Year! My 1 Year Blogiversary
Happy New Year! My blog is one year old and I could not have made it to this milestone without my readers. Thank you for reading, commenting, liking, subscribing, and sharing. I’m honored! Click the...
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Our Summer Bucket List
It’s finally June and I want to make the most out of summer 2012. Too often I turn the calendar to September and feel like the summer passed by without experiencing every single warm weather joy....
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Tutu T-shirt Dress
I think little girls have a keen sense of smell. For instance, I’m certain my daughters can sniff out a tutu from 50 feet away. Evidence. At an art fair this weekend my daughters found a stall I can...
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Pecan Sage Corn Bread Stuffing
I grew up eating Stove Top stuffing for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Stove Top. It is easy to prepare and very tasty. But 10 years ago I wanted to try a new...
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Farm to Fork: I Think Our Food Supply is Safe
This is the first in a series of posts about food from farm to fork, dirt to dinner, field to table, or however you think food gets into your kitchen. Look for an upcoming post on my experience on a...
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Five reasons why I’m killing my blog
If blog neglect were a crime, I’d be guilty. I confess it’s been almost a year since my last post. In three years I published over 100 posts and today I trashed many of them. I’m killing my blog—most...
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No Drama Guide to Choosing Books for Book Club
Picture this: you’re at book club, the book discussion is winding down, you and your friends are on a second (or third) glass of wine, and your belly is full of bruschetta and mini key lime tarts....
View ArticleAutism Awareness Month: 7 Insights from a Parent
This April marks a year since we received our younger daughter’s autism diagnosis. A few months later, the same team of specialists diagnosed our older daughter with autism. Several friends with...
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Do you know a family living with autism? Have you thought about helping them, but you’re just not sure what they might need and how you could help? Here’s a quick list of 12 ways you can help a family...
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Coronavirus life: Working from home with kids
Greetings from (checking a calendar) Thursday, March 19, 2020. It’s Day 4 of no school during the Coronavirus pandemic. I am at home with our two school-age daughters—grade 6 (age 12, otherwise known...
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