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FIELD TRIP: ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH (PART 1)
BUT FIRST, DOLLY: A few hours ago, my phone lit up with sad text messages about the passing of Dolly Parton — a genuine American legend and, most importantly, one of this world's better/best angels. Writing about Dolly back in January was a true joy because she was JOY ... and love, talent, grit, generosity, open-heartedness, and sparkle personified. If interested, you can find that post here. Meanwhile, we'll be playing lots of Dolly's music in the coming days — I hope yo
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(WAS) IN SEASON: CHERRIES
A week+ ago — when I finally and belatedly started this post after our multi-directionally curve-balled summer — the "was"* was not in the title; at the time, I thought I could legitimately squeeze cherries into the present summer harvest season. But by now, most domestic cherries have been plucked from trees and — if they haven't already been eaten — are resting in commercial or home refrigerated / freezer storage for a September pie or oven dehydration or your next smoothi
Aug 99 min read
WORLD CUP WONDERS
Hello fans and non-fans and all neutral parties! We are down to the final two matches, but World Cup Fever continues to heat up (and boy are they sweating today in Miami). While I have not — confession —actually watched a whole entire WC match on TV, I've watched many random minutes and have — especially — paid close attention to the ancillary side stories, which might be some of the best World Cup stories. There are so many! I’ve been bookmarking and texting myself FIFA-
Jul 1811 min read
