Tag: Sunday dinner

I was going to write about something totally different today, but when I went to moderate the Comments board this morning there was an excellent question from reader Nina that got my wheels turning in a whole different direction.  Nina

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Not to get all churchy on people, or anything — this is a completely nonreligious, ecumenical blog — but yesterday the visiting pastor at our church had some words of wisdom during the Children’s Moment that I think are worth

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Since I started this blog, the most common question I get from people is: “How in the world do you have time to get everything done?”  I usually sort of feint and parry and demur a bit — I hardly

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My kids are food snobs, I think.  Or maybe I should amend that to: L. is becoming a food snob, and P. is either a super-discriminating gourmet, or just thinks it’s funnier to watch my expression when he eats scraps

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Whenever you spend time with good friends, I think, there’s an unwritten rule of the universe that dictates that you will think about those people continually for the following several days.  I know that’s certainly been the case with me;

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Yesterday, as I wrote grimly about the lapse in judgment that led J. and me to a processed food coma, and the better head that prevailed when I redeemed myself by creating the soft pretzels that are tucked safely into

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Three things arrived this weekend at the RRG household: Football season, official Fall weather, and molars. P. is a terrible teether — a late teether, a fussy teether, and a teether who has probably been voted by his daycare classmates

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It’s the last day of August (already?  How’d that happen?), so it’s time, I guess, to unveil the plan for September.  But before I do, I’ve got to make note of one or two things and make good on a

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I promised yesterday that I’d get back to practical things here on the blog, and that means returning to our mini-series on Old Standards and New Favorites.  It’s good to get back to sanity this morning, because quite frankly, I’m

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For those who are keeping track (anyone?), a few quick updates: J.’s grandmother is still hospitalized, but she’s stable.  His folks, known around our house as G. ‘n’ P., left New Jersey at an ungodly pre-dawn hour today and are

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