Fair Market Value
Food can bring us together. This much I know. But in our neighborhood and many others like it, there’s an inexcusable divide that needs…
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Hang down your head
If the deck at our house were a little taller, we’d be able to see the top of the North Highlands Dam from it,…
Whatever we deny or embrace
Scouring secondhand stores is nothing new for me. One day last week I realized that I was clothed entirely in used gear, excepting my…
Recharged
It’s just supposed to be a quick trip. Three hours tops. Instead, it turns into an all-day adventure — bookended by hefty doses of…
Knock on wood
If there were any questions about my latent adolescence, they’ve been pounded away with the mallet I’ve been using to install hardwood flooring. Whatever…
Lucky Strike
I don’t take much to jewelry, personally. In high school, I convinced my mom and dad that I had to have a class ring…
Skeleton at the Feast 2017
“I’ve found my thing, and that’s what I stick with,” a friend once told me, when I was trying to push her into some…
Comfort and Joy
The winter of 2015, Alzheimer’s took away my Mom’s ability to speak. That same week, a pair of cardinals, her favorite bird, built a…
Mistakes
Mistakes have been made. One time, we bought a marble sink but the cabinet didn’t fit in the bathroom. We were pulling it out…
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Grape expectations
It started off so innocently. Which is, I know, what Prince Paris and Helen of Troy thought when they met for some spanakopita, and…
The Spirit of Rum
When you buy a bottle of Richland Rum – and you should – there are several things you should know: It was bottled by…
We Have Now
Faithful readers may have noticed there’s been a lot more talk of goodlifery than homesteading lately. There’s a good reason. Two reasons, actually. My…