Learning to like tomatoes
I love tomatoes. My boyfriend hates tomatoes. How can I help him at least tolerate tomatoes, so that we might co-exist in culinary peace? He's open to the idea of learning to like tomatoes — in fact,...
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I spent some pleasant time this past weekend planting a windowsill herb garden. What are some other similarly self-contained projects I can do in a day or two this winter? By "self-contained", I mean...
View ArticleIf it smelled as nice as Aveda, that would be a bonus
I love Aveda's Phomollient Styling Foam, but dang, does it ever run out fast for the price. I'm looking for a cheaper alternative. I have fine, wavy-to-curly hair, and nothing works quite as well on it...
View ArticleI waxed my skis, now please un-wax my floors
I offered up my house's basement to apartment-dwelling friends for a ski waxing party, and now walking through my basement with sock feet is potentially lethal. Is there anything I can do to tone down...
View ArticleHoney smoked honey
I've been gifted a small jar of this smoked honey, and I want to cook or bake or roast something with it. I need recipes that 1) really let the taste of honey shine, and 2) would specifically also...
View ArticleI got into nursing school! Yay! Now what? Do I go?
I was accepted into a very competitive BSN program for fall admission. Hooray! I've been working so hard for the past year and a half to make this happen, and now that it happened I'm starting to...
View ArticleAddressing a Buddhist monk by email
I recently met a Buddhist monk who asked for my email address so we could stay in touch. He introduced himself in person with a name like "James" and begins his email with, "I'm James, the monk who met...
View ArticleAdventures with a formerly distant but now quite lovely dad
My father is taking my brother on an expensive fly fishing trip next year, and while I was invited, we decided the cost would be wasted on my much lower level of fly fishing interests/abilities. But my...
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