For all the times that that machine let us down, failed to make our life much easier… it came through when it really mattered.
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Tag: Patricia Rouse
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The Reality of Fantasy
My son made aggressive air quotes around the words as he told me about the assignment. His voice trembled with outrage, “There were pictures of dragons and fairies and unicorns and the whole thing was about how those things weren’t really real!”
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An Inventory Of My Mother’s Recipe Box
You couldn’t pay me to prepare or eat the vast majority of these recipes. How can a person have SIX salads, all gelatin-based, and nary a one featuring lettuce?