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Author Archives: liveoaklinda
5 Million Years on Kauai
I’m sure this will come as no news to all you Kauaiophiles: it feels nearly impossible to enthusiastically plunge back into daily life – whatever & wherever & however satisfying it may be – after a few days on the Garden Isle. … Continue reading
Turning a Corner on Time
It’s Day 2 of the New Year. 2013 is already strengthening its foothold, but I still chirp “happy new year” at the beginning of each sentence. You’ll hear me say this for at least another week…as long as I can … Continue reading
Arranging Your Face
He looks down at them and arranges his face. Erasmus says that you must do this each morning before you leave your house: ‘put on a mask, as it were.’ – from Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel I find this face arranging especially … Continue reading
Norwegian Tortillas in Four (Short) Chapters
1 Family Heritage. When your parents are from Minnesota (& you’re anywhere near my somewhat advanced age), there’s a high likelihood that your ancestors are either from Sweden, Norway, or Germany, with a few other random northern European bloodlines thrown into … Continue reading
Longer Than You Think
Have you noticed that whatever the project, it takes longer than you think? Uh, like, much longer. Never, ever shorter. Definitely not your usual bell curve of averages. Especially at this time of year, it seems. I (thankfully) didn’t host … Continue reading
Maybe It Was The Sashimi…
…as in fish, not fauna, that nudged our ancestors of 2 million years ago (already striding on their highly-functional feet) along the path toward larger & more complex brains. Granted, they probably didn’t enjoy succulent hamachi like we do today (no … Continue reading
Posted in Humans Love Food!, Our Primate Nature
Tagged climate change, history of cooking, homo erectus, human primate, sushi
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Spinning in the Wind
By now the images are familiar: satellite shots of monster hurricane Sandy bearing down on the northeastern U.S. seaboard & scenes of cars floating like ice cubes in dirty floodwaters. We all do what we can when the wind comes…move … Continue reading
Two Feet on the Ground
I just finished Nora Ephron‘s book, I Feel Bad About My Neck, a.k.a. “I Hate My Neck”. Omg, I hate my neck too: “You have to cut open a redwood tree to see how old it is, but you wouldn’t … Continue reading
Savoring Sunlight
It seems that the taste of fall sensed early in August is already setting the table for Thanksgiving – the equinox this year was a spot on marker of our earth’s annual cycle around the Home Star. Fall has already dropped heavily … Continue reading
Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life
Tagged aging, fog, fog of confusion, indian summer, Shmuel Thaler, sun as star, sun shroud, tarot, The Sun tarot
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When Sluggish Is Good
Slugs have a bad rap…uh, sorta deservedly. Have you ever gotten up in the middle of the night, sleepily wandering to the kitchen to look at the waning moon or pour yourself a glass of water, when aacck!~ you step … Continue reading
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