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Lina Sparrow is assisting on a case that could make her law career. Her firm is trying to get reparations for slavery and Lina is trying to find a slave’s descendant to serve as the perfect plaintiff to help them win. Her search leads her to Josephine Bell, a name that has begun popping up…
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My latest 30 Before 30 project was one of the more ambitious items on my list. Running a 10K is not something that can be accomplished simply by coughing up some money. It was only going to happen if I put the time and effort into training. So I did. I downloaded a training schedule…
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When it came to cooking for my last book club meeting, I just wasn’t havin it. Oddly enough, I wasn’t even that busy; I just didn’t want to tie myself down to preparing a specific travel-well recipe for a group. My solution was to open up one of my “easy” cookbooks. Every recipe in this…
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This side dish is basically cheating it’s so easy. Cook some rice (I use a rice cooker because it’s easier than easy, but an old fashioned pot is totes fine) and while there’s about 10 minutes left, sauté mushrooms and onions in butter with salt and pepper. Or if you’re using a rice cooker, it…
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I’ve been taking it very very easy this week in preparation for my big 10K this weekend. I’m not nervous yet, but I’m sure I’ll be singing a different tune once it’s actually race time. Have you ever seen a green plum? Me neither. But they exist, and I found them at Trader Joe’s. And…
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September is the official start of fall and while most people excite in the change of seasons because it signifies a change in wardrobe, I like the transition to fall because it means new ingredients. One thing that’s in season in September is arugula. Arugula is a lettuce, which usually means “salad base”. That’s still…
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I was recently in a café and noticed a lovely wild rice salad in the case. Or at least I thought it was lovely until I realized it was chock full of raw red onions and some other ingredients I’m not super fond of. Still, the idea of a wild rice salad appealed to me…
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On Thursday, Scotland is voting to break from UK. The United Kingdom has been, well, united for over 300 years so this is kind of a big deal. Betty Boop did not just emerge from a cartoonist’s imagination. Did you know the inspiration for the animated sexpot was actually an African American woman? You know…
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Frankie Rowley describes herself as “temporizing.” Though she has steadily held a job as an aid worker in Africa, she never felt it was her true home. In search of something more permanent, she visits her family in New Hampshire, unsure if she will leave. The town of Pomeroy, New Hampshire is a sleepy town…
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I almost didn’t post this meal. It’s not a “real” recipe and it’s almost too easy. But then I remembered how much I enjoyed eating it and figured, hey, my loyal, deserving, super dee duper readers may not have discovered this preparation yet and probably want as many easy recipes as they can get. For…
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Peaches to Apples 