Archive for April, 2011

Owen laughed, for REAL. I know he's my kid so I'm inclined to think his experience of minor milestones is fucking spectacular, but I'm pretty sure you're going to enjoy this. You may want to revisit it for a day that's really crappy, too. It's pretty much literally made of happy. (From the homepage, click through...
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A few months ago my friend Michal came to a party with the most eye-catching, impressive dessert in the history of not baking. She arrived with two half-litre mason jars with candy skewers sticking out all around. It was a feast of colour and confection! So yesterday, in advance of going to dinner at another...
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What's the first Earth Day you remember? I'll tell you mine. It was 1990; I was in Grade 9. There was a big event at a park in downtown Albany, NY, and I was very excited to go. And I had also just gotten my period for the first time. Obviously, I was mortified and...
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Last November my friend Lisa and I spent a few days volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southwest Utah. I'd volunteered at animal shelters before, and I've supported the SPCA for many years, but this place blew my mind. Founded a couple of decades ago by friends – best friends – with a...
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