Apparently I have a thing for chocolate and almonds in baked goods… I digress – these are a lot less intimidating to make than I perceived, and they are super…
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Be infinitesimal under that sky, a creature even the sailing hawk misses, a wraithamong the rocks where the mist parts slowly. Recall the way mere mortals are overwhelmed by circumstance,…
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You don’t want to hear the storyof my life, and anywayI don’t want to tell it, I want to listento the enormous waterfalls of the sun.And anyway it’s the same…
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I found a good use for summer rhubarb I picked from a an organic farm outside of Paris, which I had chopped and stored in the freezer until mid-fall. Because…
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Rules for being human handed down from ancient Sanskrit:1. You will receive a body.2. You will learn lessons.3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.4. A lesson will be repeated until…
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My work is loving the world.Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird – equal seekers of sweetness.Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are…
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It’s still possible amongst all the never-ending movement to hold the necessary anchorage, while having a mind for the long migration, to be ready to up and go and then…
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Still, what I want in my lifeis to be willingto be dazzled—to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe evento float a littleabove this difficult world. Mary Oliver How…
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the…
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People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but…
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Inhalation births millions of new cells, and with exhalation, millions expire… This is the rhythm of nature; this is the four seasons in a day. The death and life of…
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Remember that one wild time where we were all confined at home for what seemed like forever and it seemed like everyone [except moi, apparently] was baking sourdough and banana…
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