Author: sjwillis
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Starting a fresh notebook (plus, checking out IFTTT Instagram to Tumblr script). #levenger #moleskine #noadds via Instagram
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We have an ever-evolving “morning” playlist that we listen to most school days as we get the kids out the door. Bucimis performed by the extraordinary mandolin player Avi Avital has been on our morning playlist for almost a year now and I think it really sets the right kind of tone for frying bacon,…
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This band, Real Estate, and their album Atlas, boy I’ll tell you what. It’s back in heavy rotation after I sort of forgot about it and it is STELLAR. Start with “Had to Hear.” Great sound, production, song writing.
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MO’ BETTER LOVE BOWL
My experience of eating a vegetarian entree generally goes through three stages: 1.) The presentation stage where I see the dish I’ve just ordered and think There’s no way this is going to fill me up. 2.) The realization stage where three or four forkfuls into the meal I realize that this dish is way…
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Kat Edmonson
Many years ago (just before Kelly and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon if I remember correctly), my friend Rich Morris turned me on to a version of Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most by Ella Fitzgerald. My wife and I ended up listening to it repeatedly while driving the road to…
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2014 – the year according to my kitchen
Looking back through some of my photos from 2014 offers a fairly thorough rundown of some of the new food-related things I tackled. So, 5PM on NYE (as I write this) seems like a good a time as any to give some thought to what I accomplished this past year, here’s a brief list of…
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Keep The Cooking in Thanksgiving
In the preface to his book of essays, “Mouth Wide Open”, food writer John Thorne writes that our widespread adoption of cooking-as-entertainment is bringing about the death of cooking itself. I just happened to read this as I was putting together our Thanksgiving menu and realized that much like the “Keep Christ in Christmas” message,…
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The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and The Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long
The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and The Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long
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How Would Buddha Organize Our Cutthroat Modern Economy? | Blog, Perspectives | BillMoyers.com
How Would Buddha Organize Our Cutthroat Modern Economy? | Blog, Perspectives | BillMoyers.com
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Paris Review – The Art of Poetry No. 83, Billy Collins
Paris Review – The Art of Poetry No. 83, Billy Collins