Category: Food
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Migrations
“It’s not life I’m tired of, with its astonishing ocean currents and layers of ice and all the delicate feathers that make up a wing. It’s myself.”
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The Lost Girls of Devon
“Something was going on in the village. Not that anyone would believe her. .. but once you passed eighty, no one believed you had a single thought wroth listening to. But she knew something was going on.”
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The Heir Affair
“We had taken some blows, self-inflicted and otherwise, and somehow emerged unbroken — forged in fire, fiercely in love, and ready to fight..”
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Her Last Flight
“The airplane lies in the shadow of a plateu, half-buried in sand and scrub. It sits at an angle, so the right wing slants upward against the sky while the left wing sinks into the ground… When you come upon a wreckage like this, you approach like you might approach a graveyard. The question is,…
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The Last Train to Key West
“Maybe some would say my dreams are too small. Perhaps they would dream of railroads that go over the sea, great, wonderful things. Maybe others want riches and jewels, a chance to travel the globe. For me, this is enough: A corner of paradise in this wretched world that I am able to call my…
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We Came Here to Shine
“The fair’s flags soared. Its flowers bloomed. It took hold of the imaginations and got under the skin of all who witnesses its energy and promise, its sights and sounds and smells. It’s scientific advancements astounded. Its global unity promised hope. Its vision inspired those who visited to do something bigger, to be someone better.”
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The House on Fripp Island
“We crossed the bridge to enter Fripp Island, a luscious, jungled thumbprint of land that contains every shade of green you could imagine, from almost-yellow to almost-black…”
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The Second Home
‘What was it about houses, the power they had? The houses he’d once inhabited now inhabited him. They were witnesses to who he once was, to the people he’d loved — and hated.”
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The Wife Stalker
“When she’d been forced to leave San Diego ten months ago, she wasn’t. sure where to go, only that she wanted to be as far away from the West Coast as possible… it needed to be a place where she could start over without standing out.”
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Easy Key Lime Pie
As summer is quickly approaching, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite Key Lime Pie recipes. It is easy to make and takes no time at all.
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Big Summer
“I’m not brave all the time. No one is. We’ve all been disappointed; we’ve all had our hearts broken, and we’re all just doing our best. Make sure you have people who love you… the real you.”
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Darling Rose Gold
“But some of us cannot forget and will never forgive. We keep our axes sharp, ready to grind. We hold pleas for mercy between our teeth like jawbreakers. They say a grudge is a heavy thing to carry. Good thing we’re extra strong.”
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The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
“Your life is still your life… You’re still here, inconveniently breathing, watching the sun go down and the moon come up regardless of whether you think it’s got a damn nerve showing its shiny face every day.”
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Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup
One of my favorite weekend traditions is to make pancakes for brunch on Sundays. I’m always interested in trying out new recipes for pancakes but now and then it’s nice to return to my favorite recipe.
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The Wife and the Widow
This book was a twisty roller coaster ride that had me flipping backward through pages looking for clues that I may have missed.
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The Other Mrs.
“There’s something off about the house. Something that nags at me, makes me feel uneasy, though I don’t know what it is about the house that makes me feel this way… on the surface, there’s nothing about the house that’s not too like. But, I know better than to take things at face value…”
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The Simple Wild
“Up here it’s about having enough food to eat, and enough heat to stay alive through the winter. It’s about survival, and enjoying the company of the people that surround us. It’s not about whose house is the biggest, or who has the nicest clothes, or the most money. We support each other because we’re…
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All the Ways We Said Goodbye
“I chose to do more than simply survive. I chose to live. To find a purpose in life. To search out the joy and happiness that is everywhere, even in difficult times, if we’re just brace enough to look.”
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Love Her or Lose Her
“We don’t love each other the easy way.. but our hearts are in the right place every single time. The words will come from you, the deeds will come from me. I trust that. But, what we have between us in impossible to express sometimes. It’s real and it’s big.. and sometimes it creates flaws.”
The Bookend Diner 