“I was supposed to be singing a concert,†said my friend and choir colleague Theresa, “then I got an email with the header: Cancelled, due to infidelity.â€
Steaming Bishops and Unlikely Emails
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Butternut Squash Apple Soup, Thanksgiving Balloons, Romanticism and Transience
It’s become an absolute Thanksgiving tradition that the night before the parade Jon and I head to the Natural History Museum to see the giant balloons tethered down under nets, ready and waiting to fly.
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Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies – because nothing says thank you like baked goods
It’s that time of year when we habitually stop and think of things that we are thankful for, then I write them on the totally awesome DIY chalk board that I made (technically supervised Jon making).
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White Cranberry Cosmopolitans – because sometimes a stiff drink can really help
As Thanksgiving approaches it’s good to have a cocktail on hand to combat any seasonal stresses. My in-laws are visiting from Scotland this year, and though ordinarily I would not find this stressful, the last parental visit we had coincided with a hurricane and a black out, so I’m morbidly expecting the worst, and stocking up on vodka just in case.
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British Thanksgiving
What’s not to love about Thanksgiving? Americans eat mashed sweet potatoes covered in mini marshmallows, drizzled with maple syrup, then broilled / grilled to a molten goo. This is amazing.
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Maple Bourbon Cider, and the things people say at parties that kill the room stone dead.
You know the set up – a party, lots of chat, lots of noise. And suddenly somebody says something that synchs up with an infinitesimal lull, and a sentence slices through the atmosphere like a hot knife through butter.
“Then I woke up and there was a penguin in my bathroom!â€
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A Rotarian Halloween and Whole Roasted Pumpkins with Butternut Squash Risotto – This Dinner Will Get You Laid
One Halloween when my husband was a kid, he was picked by his school to be in one of those murder mysteries that were the absolute Newest Craze – the kind that you can still buy now in a box with a picture of roses and a dagger on the front. The local Rotary Club was having an all-proceeds-to-charity party, and he was to be part of the entertainment.
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The week the power went out
It was impossible to imagine it a week ago when my parents and sister arrived in New York for a holiday. We’d heard the warnings of course, stocked up with water, hunkered down. But the threat was intangible. Theoretical. And then the power went out.
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Oozing Pus Chocolate Cupcakes and the Terrible Tale of the Chocolate Truffle Poisoner
As part of his job, twice a year my husband has to get up earlier than usual, head out to a lecture hall and listen to a talk about being a responsible researcher.
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