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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You is the young adult adaptation of the original work Stamped from the Beginning, and it's done by Jason Reynolds in
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We are nearing the end of citrus season, and some of my clementines, oranges, and hybrid beauties are starting to taste a little lacklustre. Sure, I
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The artist Jane Freeman sent along this photo of a miniature “portrait” she did of the former tenant at 319 Greenwich in 1993 — Fortune Star
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Episode Ten, or, The Panna Cotta Caper.Did I think, when I started recapping this season of Top Chef, that I'd still be doing it from home in Week
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Happy Friday, readers! How are you all doing? It's sunny and warm in Baltimore today, quite the change from the overnight lows in the 30s earlier in
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Woo...it's the week we've all been waiting for!Week Eight!Wait, I mean...Restaurant Wars!But let's start with Week Eight. How has that been for all
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Welcome back, faithful readers (all three of you)! I have watched another episode of Top Chef and toiled over a fabulously decently almost kinda
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We're at the end of Week 6, both of Top Chef and of attempting to "flatten the curve." I've been teleworking with a heavier workload than
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If you're reading this, you're at the end of The Great Pandemic, Home Edition, Week 5. If you're not reading this, you're either dead, or merely
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Is it me, or was this episode a little lackluster? Boring, even? Must be me, huh? After all, I've just spent the last four weeks sitting at home,
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I realize as I read over my last two recaps that I tend to be quite wordy. Hey, I'm a writer - I like words. Today, however, I will attempt to be
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Happy Friday to my peeps hunkered down at home, eagerly awaiting the end to this covid19 bullshit. Fucking viruses. We're so much bigger, yet some
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The Poor Poet – Carl Spitzweg (1838) We’re back! The seventh annual McGill Reads holiday reading list has been carefully compiled and lovingly
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Growing up I was an indefatigable reader, then somewhere along the line I stopped buying books to read other than cookbooks. I have a 35 minute train
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The second half of June has flown by – life is a bit scattered but the books are helping keep me sane. (As is my library – pictured above.)