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A Gift of Frogs and Stars

Bring up the words environment or green these days and you better brace yourself for a fight. For many, environmentalism has become a cause to champion or rail against. Our belief or rejection of global climate change has become a line in the sand – a way of defining ourselves as “us” against “them.” And maybe these debates are [...]

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God gives us food

To be honest, it wasn’t my idea to start our garden. It was Jennifer’s. Of course, once I begrudgingly got involved, I found out that I loved it, and then went over the top, adding space and complexity, as I’m wont to do.  Two summers ago, I was surprised by the spirituality of the garden. [...]

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Cooking Club III: Tapas

We had our third Cooking Club this weekend. The theme was tapas. If you’re not familiar, tapas is a Spanish style of food that was originally meant to be ate standing up. The intent was that the smaller portions would keep the focus on the company one was in and not on the food. Over [...]

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