Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Health Month Challenge

Aug

29

Health Month encourages users to forge healthier, more productive habits through month-long online challenges. (You can of course play for as many months as you want.) This friendly competition is an example of how tech entrepreneurs and gamification gurus leverage … Continue reading →

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Four Pounds of Over-Boiled Spaghetti Squash

Aug

26

Today I’m attempting to do a weekend’s worth of recipe-testing in case this weekend’s hurricane knocks out the power. While boiling the Moby Dick of spaghetti squashes, I accidentally turned the timer off. It overcooked so badly. Four pounds of … Continue reading →

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August Mystery Food Photo Revealed

Aug

16

Cindy from A Writer’s Diary is an experienced pie baker and correctly guessed that this month’s mystery food is pie dough. You may wonder why it’s suspended in air? Because I’m showing off. After repeated failures, I’ve figured out how … Continue reading →

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The Book of Centering Prayer: Fathers Rohr & Keating

Aug

14

I’m increasingly curious and drawn to contemplative spiritual practices. I talk about this A LOT with my friends, but feel self-conscious writing about it, as though I were writing about sex. Since the mawkish 70s, spiritual searches get dismissed as … Continue reading →

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I.D. The Mystery Food [ iPhonography; August Edition ]

Aug

12

Roll forward when the going gets tough. I’ll post the answer to this food photo mystery on Tuesday. May the forks be with you. Click here to check out past mysteries, or click the Culinary Mysteries tab on the Categories … Continue reading →

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Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Sugar and Spice

Aug

10

Summer isn’t over, despite the fact that my supermarket just put out sequined Halloween flower vases. If you still have some long car trips planned, and especially if you have a tween daughter, you might want to read or listen … Continue reading →

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Recipe Testers Needed

Aug

01

If you’d be willing to test a recipe or two from the upcoming TEXT ISLE PATCHWORK COOKBOOK, please message me or leave me a comment below with your food preferences and aversions. I will then email you recipe(s). Thank you … Continue reading →

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