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November recap
Menlo Park / NaBloPoMo

November recap

Posted on: November 30, 2025December 7, 2025

What a fun month! And thanks to NaBloPoMo, it’s very well-documented! I feel like there was a lot of time off that was pretty relaxing. SMS and I […]

Looking forward to December
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Looking forward to December

Posted on: November 29, 2025November 29, 2025

I am currently baking a veggie lasagna for an apartment complex Friendsgiving. I think it will be a lot of fun, and it’s good to be social. I […]

Thanksgiving Friday
Menlo Park

Thanksgiving Friday

Posted on: November 28, 2025

These long holiday weekends can be so lazy! SMS had a pleasant surprise when he realized he had the day off today. He didn’t know. When I wrote […]

Thanksgiving rundown
Menlo Park

Thanksgiving rundown

Posted on: November 27, 2025November 28, 2025

What a great Thursday! lol- Happy Thanksgiving! I finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Decent. I am impressed by TJR’s ability to write compellingly readable books, even if […]

A weekend of reading
Books

A weekend of reading

Posted on: November 26, 2025November 28, 2025

Hooray, time for a long weekend! I just finished Heartwood by Amity Gaige, which was quite good. It was billed as a thriller, but I think of it […]

Keeping up a streak
Likes and Loves

Keeping up a streak

Posted on: November 25, 2025November 28, 2025

I am definitely a starter. I love new ideas and projects. I am not the best finisher. Glengarry Glen Ross would not be the place for me: Always […]

Ode to the potato
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Ode to the potato

Posted on: November 24, 2025

By itself, a drab, dirt-covered little thing. In a competition, any magazine will say a truffle wears it better in the dirty drab department. And yet, stir in […]

Essays that have changed my life
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Essays that have changed my life

Posted on: November 23, 2025November 24, 2025

In medicine, there is a subculture of superstitions, common wisdom, and near-folklore that lives in parallel with the more scientific, “official” evidence-based medicine that underlies evaluation and treatment […]

Five things on my Christmas wishlist
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Five things on my Christmas wishlist

Posted on: November 22, 2025

I’m holding off on the decorating until after Thanksgiving, but I’ve started making gift lists for other people…and me! In terms of my own to-do’s, I really want […]

Five sources of cooking inspo
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Five sources of cooking inspo

Posted on: November 21, 2025November 21, 2025

1. NYTimes Recipe App This is a very good app! I’m a little annoyed that it gatekeeps all of the NYTimes recipes, but other than that, it’s pretty […]

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