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When the leaves here are turning their sassy shades of orange, yellow and red, a baby of the girl variety will be making her entrance into the world waaaay on the other side of the country where the seasons are more resistant to change.  And then she and her mother will make their way to [...]

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Recipe: Risotto with Fiddleheads and Morels

Risotto with Fiddleheads and Morels
gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, corn-free, peanut-free
1 cup (about 1/4 lb) fiddleheads, stems trimmed, blanched
about 1 cup morels (I used 1/2 oz. dried morels – soak morels for about an hour, squeeze excess liquid, chop morels and reserve soaking liquid)
1.5 cups arborio rice
1/2 cup cashews, soaked for a few hours, rinsed, then blended [...]

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It’s out

The surgery went off without a hitch and I’m home healing.  I was super nervous going into it, mostly I was pretty tweaked about going under and having a tube down my throat, but in the end it all went very smoothly.
I got all IV’ed and put my little hair net on, then said goodbye [...]

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Someone said it better than I

I guess you don’t need it
I guess you don’t want me to repeat it
But everything I have to give I’ll give to you
It’s not like we planned it
You tried to stay, but you could not stand it
To see me shut down slow
As though it was an easy thing to do
Listen when
All of this around us’ll [...]

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WWYD?

Yeah, I’m talking to You my fellow bloggers.  I have a blog stalker… or shall I say there is a team.  Someone sees me post, someone e-mails someone, or calls someone else, or instant messengers someone else and then eventually the KingPin (or maybe I should call her the QueenPin) hears that I’ve posted and [...]

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Cut It Out

I have this thing in my body that doesn’t need to be there, so I have to take it out.  Well not me personally, I’m not quite that ballsy, but someone with some skills in the aforementioned area of ‘thing removal’ will do it.
It has an official name… Thyroglossal Duct Cyst.  You’ve heard of it [...]

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