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Carne Asada, Yes Chef, and The Homesick Texan

Note to Readers: I’m doing some work on my blog so if you receive this it is because I updated it. However the recipe is as good as when I first published it! I love to exercise. Well, I do love to stretch. Does that count? Exercise is something I desperately need to improve at. Really, …

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Farro Salad, A Book and Other Creatures

Farro Salad with lots of summer veggies and a tasty garlic vinaigrette is a perfect main course salad.  It has been hot in Colorado. 62 of 64 Colorado counties are requesting federal disaster relief because of drought. My yard is hot, tired, cranky and so am I. Yesterday my electrician came over to fix a …

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Tuscan Beans and Potatoes Plus a Few Good Books

  My Sweet Hyacinths   “The day is coming when a single carrot freshly observed will set off a revolution.” Paul Cezanne    and the beginning of the novel “White Truffles in Winter”.   I am working in a room filled with the scent of lavender hyacinths. They scent my entire house and they smell …

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