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The cannibal would be proud.
It ain’t much, but it’s a start. A start of what, you ask? The usual holiday insanity. Decorating to excess, i.e., overdoing it as usual. Is it a little early for a ceramic tree with orange pumpkins and purple spiders? Depends who you ask, I guess. These guys in town have had their house decked…
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A penne for your thoughts.
Tara’s got a friend whose husband is going through Some Shit, so she decided to make her a pan of baked ziti. First off: how very Midwest! Well done, babe. Even better, she’s making an extra pan for us. I was making a grocery list for a Woodman’s run over the weekend, and asked Tara…
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Blinded by the white.
A few months ago, I had what might be described (well, okay, I did use these words) as a spiritual encounter with a white deer. That post was particularly earnest and heartfelt as I displayed a vulnerability rare to the blog… …so, imagine my surprise when a couple of readers suggested the white deer might…
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You can have Europe; I’m doorstepping across Wisconsin.
I was listening to the latest episode of The Travel Architect’s podcast last week, and she and her husband (who conveniently goes by The Husband on the pod) were discussing their recent camping trip along the Great River Road. If you’ve never been, the Great River Road is a 3,000-mile National Scenic Byway that runs…
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Surrender all your dreams to me tonight.
Monday morning, my Google Watch showed a sleep score of 51, solidly in the Poor category. Not surprising; I’d barely slept four hours that night. But in this case, I had a very good reason. Well, two actually: Rock. And roll. I guess this story begins way back in 1979. There’s a song on the…
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Bridging the cheese curd divide.
A partnership blog post, written in partnership, not with a cheese-making establishment (sadly), but with two bloggers! Part 1: Shelly I used to really respect Midwest Mark. Note the past tense. I came to blogging honestly. I started when I quit my job and sold all my belongings, then got married to a guy who…
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