April 16, 2008

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April 16, 2008/

This sweetly, constantly enthused cook-in-training asks how everything is done, why tastes go together, and the character and quality of food, glorious food. My kitchen companion. 😍

Local bakery favourite, a ferry ride across the river, and these two, snugglin’ and chattin’, always. 😍 #lahaveriver #lahavebakery

Quite the wild stuff now past my natural waist for maybe the first time ever. Heckofalotta hair. A creature unto itself.

13 year-old leaves gift on phone* ... ... *several gifts 🐒

Such a devastatingly important read. Haunting. (Zoom in, please.) I’m reading this sitting across from a woman who saw the Nazis march into Holland, and suffered under them as a child, and watched Dutch people disappear, die, and starve at their hand. I think of the Handmaid’s Tale; of Trump and Pence and all the fundamentalisms; of swastikas and the KKK in modern America; of my bomb-dropping Grampa who liberated my mother-in-law’s homeland. I feel small and ineffectual. But it starts here. Protection begins with reflection.

Early readers sharing snippets here and there of #notesfortheeverlost — what they needed, what stands out to them, bereaved or not—each time, a little shared ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️

For Mother’s Day I made myself weepy-happy looking at pictures of my three babies, made myself weepy-happy talking to and about my amazing mother, and made myself straight-up happy with a pair of $59.99 men’s coveralls. BYE-BYE FASHION, I’M GOOD NOW 👍🏻

Just made myself a navy-worthy G&T—in Canada, your friendly local Navy officer mixes the best drinks. We had one come for dinner once. He saw me getting out the essentials and said, politely, “May I?” and mixed me the best gin and tonic I’ve ever had. With an approving nod to @nsspiritco—drink local!—and to the cold room in our basement, lovingly emblazoned with her majesty’s Do Not Enter Without Authority sign. A company quartermaster sergeant lived here once, and took his drinks most seriously. Cheers from me, Nina Simone, and Saturday night in Riverport. #novascotia #lunenburgcounty #gin

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