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TOMATO MEDITATION, AT SUMMER’S END

OH those first tomatoes; the kind, we eat out of hand (from our own garden, if we are lucky, a tomato eaten as one would a piece of fruit, parting that […]

NOT EVEN SPRING CAN HURRY GRIEF ALONG

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WHAT DO WE DO WHEN, IN THIS SEASON OF RENEWAL, LIFE STILL FEELS LIKE A LIFE-SENTENCE? HOW DO WE GRIEVE AT A TIME WHEN EVERYTHING (EXCEPT THE PERSON WE LOVED) SEEMS […]

I FEED THIS GUINNESS STOUT CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE TO MY FATHER ONLY IN MY DREAMS

By Crescent Dragonwagon

IT’S ALMOST ST. PATRICK’S DAY, SO IT IS TIME FOR ME, AGAIN, TO OFFER YOU THIS GUINNESS STOUT CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE. IF YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AN IRISH-ISH DESSERT THAT […]

FIERCE LIFE, FEARLESS LOVE, WRITING, & CURRY

By Crescent Dragonwagon

CARPE DIEM IS NOT JUST A REALISTIC IMPERATIVE (BECAUSE, TRULY, WE NEVER KNOW HOW LONG WE HAVE). IT’S A VIBRANT INVITATION. WILL YOU RSVP? HERE’S THE STORY OF SOMEONE WHO […]

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CARDIO: A LATE-LIFE VALENTINE

By Crescent Dragonwagon

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH. TIL DEATH DO YOU PART. THESE WORDS, ALWAYS SOLEMN, ARE VERY DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU UTTER THEM TO YOUR PARTNER: IN YOUTH, WHEN YOU […]

MAPLE-PECAN UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

By Crescent Dragonwagon

To dessert-lovers, a good cake has no down side. Unless, of course, it happens to be an upside-down cake. These minor miracles of topsy-turviness start with a layer of fruit […]

8 ACTUALLY HELPFUL WAYS TO BE WITH SOMEONE WHO’S GRIEVING (WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW)

By Crescent Dragonwagon

HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOUR WIDOWED FRIEND WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW. SHE’D TELL YOU IF SHE COULD. BUT SHE CAN’T. THAT’S PART OF THE PROBLEM. 1. Please understand that right […]

BUT WHY ARE THESE FOODS LUCKY?

By Crescent Dragonwagon

Janus, the Roman god who gave January its name, was two-faced. Not in the saying-mean-things-behind-someone’s back way: rather, he had two faces on either side of his handsome head. Thus, […]

Ronni’s Appalachian-Style Cornbread (Gluten-Free)

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Ronni’s Appalachian-Style Cornbread (Gluten-Free) This is my favorite traditional-style Southern cornbread, and the one my friend Ronni Lundy grew up eating in Corbin, Kentucky. And to which she pledges allegiance! […]

TOMATO MEDITATION, AT SUMMER’S END

NOT EVEN SPRING CAN HURRY GRIEF ALONG

I FEED THIS GUINNESS STOUT CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE TO MY FATHER ONLY IN MY DREAMS

FIERCE LIFE, FEARLESS LOVE, WRITING, & CURRY

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CARDIO: A LATE-LIFE VALENTINE

MAPLE-PECAN UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

8 ACTUALLY HELPFUL WAYS TO BE WITH SOMEONE WHO’S GRIEVING (WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW)

BUT WHY ARE THESE FOODS LUCKY?

Ronni’s Appalachian-Style Cornbread (Gluten-Free)

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