Category Archives: books

True, Patriot Love

Posted on 10/14/2008 by cheesefairy

Remember The Canadian Mother’s Book by Helen MacMurchy, MD, from two years ago? I had a yearning for it the other day and dug it out of the bookshelf. Today is election day in Canada. I bring to you more … Continue reading →

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Don’t Worry: It’s Only One of Two Posts about America’s Next Top Model

Posted on 9/17/2008 by cheesefairy

I realized today that I only have to watch tonight’s The Makeover episode of cycle 11 of America’s Next Top Model, which I am not so much watching as, well, scrubbing off in the shower, and then I don’t have … Continue reading →

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Spinach

Posted on 8/13/2008 by cheesefairy

I bought a big bunch of fresh, local spinach yesterday. I bought it because it was big, fresh and local; I don’t have a particular affinity for nor experience with this vegetable. Generally I don’t care for the gritty texture … Continue reading →

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A Nod to Our Sponsors

Posted on 6/3/2008 by cheesefairy

Anne Lamott Last week sometime I positively devoured a book by her called “Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.” It had the peculiar effect of making me want to write. But not in an old-school, “I will … Continue reading →

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A Saturday in Very Late May

Posted on 5/24/2008 by cheesefairy

That being said, Trombone is just developing the language tools to be a great help should I actually feel that my identity has been lost to a band of thieving PIE RATS. Exhibit A: Breakfast Me, rubbing eyes: Oh! I … Continue reading →

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