works of wanderlust

Month: December 2021

  • Happy Things

    Compared to this time last year are you happier or sadder? the scent of freshly baked breadcrisp autumn leaves cracking underfootcuddles from an energetic doggrilled meat over an open firefresh snowflakes reflected in my run lightchurning my own ice creama freshly seasoned cast iron pansaturn aglow in the evening skyvaccinationsbeers shared with coworkers in the

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  • I Heart Sourdough

    Describe your 2021 in food. I had a lengthy post planned about all the different ways in which this blog has forced me to think about how I cook and what I eat and the enjoyment I get out of both those things… …then this morning I sliced open a freshly baked loaf of sourdough

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  • Froze Up

    About thirty six hours before I sat down to pen this post the city where I live got hit by a small ice storm. I mean, technically, the weather service called it “freezing rain” but after an hour of that particular meteorological event (whatever one chooses to call it) every outdoor surface had been covered

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  • That [insert adjective here] Guy

    Earlier this evening we went for a winter holiday walk with a small group of friends. A couple streets tucked away in various places around the city decorate to the nines and attract curious light-lookers to wander and glimpse the decorations. It wasn’t my idea but I organized it. I organize a lot of things

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  • Legacy

    I’ve never grown older before, so forgive me if you have and I’m just being obvious. The older I get the more I think about the balance between the entropic impermanence of all things and the human urge to continue creating and planning and hoping in the face of that impermanence. I think it is

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