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While it snows (yes!) outside.

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The two sugar pumpkins we roasted on Saturday continue to give and give. Pumpkin pancakes on Sunday and tonight I turned the rest of it into pumpkin soup.

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AC and Grand-mère share a celebratory margherita after AC’s soccer team won their division championship game this afternoon.

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Sam and I baked a pumpkin pie today after roasting the homegrown sugar pumpkins our friend Connie gave us. The roasting went fine, and the filling looks yummy, but as for the crust… let’s just say I have a whole lot of appreciation for pastry chefs. And Sarah Lee. We’ll see what our guinea pigs guests think about the …

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Sam’s “Cultured Cultures” class ended today at CHEC. It was essentially a cooking class, where the kids learned to make fermented vegetables such as cabbage, ginger, pickles, and beets. They also made a class cookbook and packaged samples that they’ll sell at the CHEC Winter Festival in a couple of weeks. Sam came home …

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Sam is having some second thoughts about cutting her hair for Locks of Love. I think it’s long enough but she does not agree…

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I “graduated” from Physical Therapy today and received this lovely hot/cold pack as a parting gift. The graduation is dubious, as I may need to return post-surgery. Plus, it occurs to me that I have pre-surgery homework to complete pre-operation (calf and foot exercises), so really it was no graduation at all, but a …

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The Tadpole and Bullfrog classes at Green Adventure Project play a game of “Flinch or Catch” with teacher Ben from the UK.

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