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"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place." - Kurt Vonnegut  2016. There's only a few hours now before we turn to a new page,...

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"The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself." - Maya Angelou I've been baking non-stop for the last few days. I've definitely become a cookie monster and since it's still the holidays (let's be honest, the festivities run well after the New Year), there's more baking to come. I hope your Christmas was spent with family over drinks (of your...

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"Hot coffee and cold winter mornings are two of the best soulmates who ever did find each other." - Terri Guillemets There a lot of great cooks in my family, but very few great bakers. My kitchen exposure in the day was limited to the use of pans and stove tops. Very seldom did anyone really bake. One of my aunts used to...

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"It's a fine thing to build a pie, a bulwark against autumnal entropy." - Jane Kenyon The holiday season is particularly stressful for this mini Grinch. Seriously. A couple of my friends have incessantly advised me to "cheer up" already because Christmas is just 'round the corner. You don't understand, I'm the type of person who gets excited for Christmas mere days before...

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"It was November – the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines." - L.M. Montgomery Colder weather brings about this great desire in me to keep my kitchen warm, with the oven lights glaring red and the sink overflowing with measuring cups, spoons and mixing bowls with signs of sticky dough and sweet...

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"Never stop believing that fighting for what's right is worth it." - Hillary Clinton I'll keep my opinions to a minimum right now because being eloquent is very difficult at the moment. My heart's heavy and my brain still deems this "reality" nothing but a nightmare. It's a step back to darker days where racism is strong, where women are deemed the lesser...

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"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion." - Henry David Thoreau Being someone who dislikes crowded spaces, I'd take the pumpkin any day. Actually, maybe the fact that I also really like pumpkin wins a few points over the velvet cushion. That's just me.  My kitchen is well stocked with...

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"You're allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously." - Sophia Bush You just have to work on it, you know what I mean? I never understood why our society pressures us to have achieved Goals A, B and C by the time we're at a certain age, and then we move on to the next puzzle of life....

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