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ANGELS, ARRIVING IN SNOW: A NON-CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS STORY

I NEVER BELIEVED IN SANTA CLAUS. NOT EVEN AS A KID, FOR REASONS I’LL MAKE CLEAR. BUT THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON ANGELS. If you want an inspirational, heartwarming […]

TIDINGS OF DISCOMFORT

By Crescent Dragonwagon

Our beloved partner is no longer on earth. And now it’s the holidays. Sometimes other people, not realizing they’re doing it, ask us to dress grief up in party clothes. […]

AN ABUNDANCE OF RECIPES FOR FALL

By Crescent Dragonwagon

This, harvest-time, is my favorite time of year to go to the farmer’s market and garden-stands. It’s a cornucopia! Now, harvesting technically begins in spring, when the first asparagus tips […]

THEY DIDN’T KNOW THEY CHANGED ME, BUT THEY DID

By Crescent Dragonwagon

Sometime in the mid-80’s, Joe Head and I were sitting together in the Western District Carroll County courthouse, watching our City Council get sued for violating the Freedom of Information […]

COOL HAND CUKE: CD’S CUCUMBER & GREEN GRAPE SOUP WITH FRESH MINT

By Crescent Dragonwagon

THE ONLY SUMMER SOUP RECIPE YOU WILL EVER NEED. FORGET GAZPACHO. SAVE YOUR GORGEOUS SUMMER-RIPE TOMATOES FOR SOMETHING ELSE. BECAUSE, FRANKLY, THIS LEAVES GAZPACHO IN THE DUST. To jump directly […]

GROWING COMPASSION: SUICIDE, “SUICIDE WIDOWS” & THE ANTHONY BOURDAIN AFFECT

By Crescent Dragonwagon

IF YOU’VE LOST A PARTNER TO SUICIDE, EXPECT TO REVISIT THAT PECULIARLY GUILT-TAINTED SORROW EVERY TIME A CELEBRITY EXITS LIFE BY HIS OR HER OWN HAND, OR ON THAT DEATH’S […]

MOTHERLESS MOTHER’S DAY: GROWING SELF-COMPASSION

By Crescent Dragonwagon

MOTHER’S DAY, IN ITS INSISTENCE ON SENTIMENT, BIOLOGY, AND CONSUMERISM, HAS ALWAYS DIMINISHED MOTHERING. FOR MOTHERING HAS ALWAYS BEEN MUCH BIGGER THAN MOTHERHOOD. AND IT TRANSCENDS REPRODUCTION. EVEN GENDER. Being […]

YOU’RE INVITED: A NEW YEARS DAY PARTY PLAN B (AS IN BLACK-EYED PEAS)

By Crescent Dragonwagon

In the years since I have been an adult, I have hosted a New Year’s Day open house, in the late afternoon on the first day of the new year, […]

ANGELS, ARRIVING IN SNOW: A NON-CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS STORY

TIDINGS OF DISCOMFORT

AN ABUNDANCE OF RECIPES FOR FALL

THEY DIDN’T KNOW THEY CHANGED ME, BUT THEY DID

COOL HAND CUKE: CD’S CUCUMBER & GREEN GRAPE SOUP WITH FRESH MINT

GROWING COMPASSION: SUICIDE, “SUICIDE WIDOWS” & THE ANTHONY BOURDAIN AFFECT

MOTHERLESS MOTHER’S DAY: GROWING SELF-COMPASSION

YOU’RE INVITED: A NEW YEARS DAY PARTY PLAN B (AS IN BLACK-EYED PEAS)

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