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Tag Archives: Christmas

Family soup

“If I didn’t marry him, it would have been someone else.” Cousin Gina is in town. Yesterday she came for lunch and we talked a mile a minute like we always do, rushing to catch up before one of us has to leave. I was missing my dad enough to talk to him in the […]

Posted byMTDecember 23, 2011December 23, 2011Posted inStory projectTags: Christmas, family, food7 Comments on Family soup

A humidifier story

We are still married. It’s the time of year to wax nostalgic about old times and old loves and dear ones gone by. Every song, every scent, every email seems to pull at the heartstrings. Like this one from Marcello: “What kind of humidifier you had running in the living room? I need to find […]

Posted byMTDecember 20, 2011December 20, 2011Posted inStory projectTags: Christmas, humidifiers, Marcello, nostalgia, shopping5 Comments on A humidifier story

Say yes to pasta

  Yesterday I made my first batch of pasta noodles. Kate was making linguini, and invited me to come get over my fear of the pasta maker. I didn’t exactly want to go, because although Dave bought me a pasta maker for Christmas (by request), and the thing is set up and sitting on the […]

Posted byMTApril 14, 2011May 19, 2011Posted inStory projectTags: Caputos, Christmas, food, friends, Palermo Bakery, Pasta Fresh5 Comments on Say yes to pasta

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