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August 22, 2008 11:59 AM EDT --
While the original Insalata Caprese hails from the the Italian region of Campania, it becomes distinctly Minnesotan in August. For a wonderful, short burst of abundance, local farms, gardens and deck . . .
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July 02, 2008 11:46 PM EDT --
Three cinquains and photos to celebrate my very first journey to Maine. The sea is an elemental influence on the architecture, food and fine natives of this northern New England state.
WIDOW'S . . .
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May 17, 2008 03:23 PM EDT --
My daughter Bug was accepted to Prescott College in AZ. In searching for a college she had set specific criteria: strong program in marine biology, conservation focus and a temperate climate. As odd as . . .
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May 14, 2008 11:36 PM EDT --
"Now what I want is, Facts."
My mother's cousin made this demand with her pencil poised to record the facts of WWII. I glanced to the hospital bed where my once giant grandfather . . .
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April 24, 2008 08:26 AM EDT --
The return of greens to co-ops in Minnesota is a sure sign of spring. Fresh arugula can now be found in bulk. Buying in bulk not only helps reduce waste, it helps you control your budget by buying exactly . . .
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April 21, 2008 10:46 PM EDT --
"Psst..."
Baby Sundance glanced over at his new sandbox buddy and pushed back the brim of his Stetson. "Yeah?"
"Really--we can take over the world with this, kid," . . .
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April 20, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
Dedcated to my "Bird Nerd" who taught me how to hear a Pheobe call and how to open my eyes to the wonder of fluttering feathers all around.
Morning dawned to a chorus of backyard birds. . . .
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April 15, 2008 11:39 PM EDT --
The 'little communications gal' tucked the photo back into her purse. For years she wrote copy for the company's highest paid men and was recently issued a Nikon D70 to create an image library . . .
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April 14, 2008 07:54 PM EDT --
Metamorphic slate
Waiting eons for the paint
A brief life imparts
Black dots on red crawl color
Across canvas of worn rock.
For the photo that inspired my first tanka: Paints on Slate . . .
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April 09, 2008 12:18 AM EDT --
A sprig of flowers was pinned to the lapel of Marta's blouse. Flatware clinked on china as diners savored their meals that evening.
It was her 64th birthday; eight times eight years. She shivered. . . .
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April 08, 2008 11:39 PM EDT --
10-years old and pedaling hard, I rode my bike down the street of a small mountain town in northern California to deliver groceries to an invalid. Eloise, or "Weezie" as everyone called her, . . .
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March 31, 2008 11:27 AM EDT --
It all began over an argument to steal eggs. It was August 17, 1862 in Minnesota and tensions were nothing new between two distinct cultures living in proximity, but perhaps not in harmony with one another. . . .
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March 31, 2008 12:38 AM EDT --
Raspberries spilled from Grandfather's hand. He lay on his back, a gunshot wound to his groin, another spreading blood across his chest. I longed to go to him, and place new moccasins on his feet. . . .
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March 27, 2008 09:42 PM EDT --
A Foreign Affair by Caro Peacock
Trade Paperback Fiction
Avon , An Imprint of Harper-Collins Publishers
April 2008
Price: $13.95 U.S./$14.95 Canada
352 Pages (no index, . . .
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March 25, 2008 07:01 PM EDT --
A gray pigeon huddled in my kitchen windowsill before alighting upon the snow-covered deck. Gray bird against a gray sky certainly did not evoke stirrings of spring. Newscasters on the morning's radio . . .
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March 24, 2008 09:32 PM EDT --
Deadpan stare into the camera. Live!
"Stunning news: actor Clint Eastwood , hardly anonymous , stole a tike's trike while filming on location in Reno."
Reporter, Cameraman run . . .
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March 21, 2008 11:51 PM EDT --
In the mood for a lingering evening with good food and friends? Try some tapas. Spanish for "little bites," tapas invites conversation in the kitchen as course after little course of savory morsels . . .
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March 16, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
Sun's up and Payson lopes off across the pasture on Scarlet, his cow-puncher's horse. Only, we're farmin' these days.
"Need help with them dishes?" Bessie, the milk-cow . . .
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March 16, 2008 06:31 PM EDT --
Are you ready to venture beyond the contemporary kool-aid colors of commercial dyes for Easter eggs? Then grab some blueberries, beets and spices for "greener" application as you learn the simple . . .
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March 15, 2008 09:04 PM EDT --
Knights of
Eternity
Cyber writers of light
Deep wine toasts to one another
Pen Pals
Founded
In the name of love lost and found
Celebrating choices
Rekindled by
Love Lights
This . . .
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Charli Mills
Rosemount, MN
Joy is in living each moment--good or bad.
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