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  • Green grass and Birks

    The Slant

    On practicing being who you already are

    July 24, 2019

    Preface: Between a few extra busy work weeks and planning for vacation to Green Bay next week, I felt like I didn’t have anything substantial to share today. But I’m on a 4-week streak of

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  • Green grass and blue skies

    The Slant

    A little bit of backstory, a little bit of apology

    July 3, 2019July 3, 2019

    When I was a kid, I had white-hot, over-the-top passion for The Lion King trading cards from McDonald’s (this one was my favorite). And stickers—especially the fuzzy kind—collected in a keepsake book. And Pringles (plain).

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    Chutes and Ladders

    October 30, 2018

    A few days ago, I had this thought that life is kind of like standing in the middle of a ring of knife throwers at the circus. And I legitimately started writing about that, except

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    Fall feels like the sanity-saver we all need right Fall feels like the sanity-saver we all need right about now.
    I’ve been in a bit of a cooking funk lately. Lat I’ve been in a bit of a cooking funk lately. Lately being... awhile. But this tiny squash (that looks like it came from a craft store but actually came from @radishandrye) might have finally broken the spell. Special thanks goes to the recipe for Mushroom Stuffed Squash Salads in the fall issue of @magnolia magazine—and to takeout, boxed mac and cheese, and a thousand bean and cheese quesadillas for filling in while I’ve been MIA. Bring on all the fall food.
    I made this 30-minute meal in approximately 15 two I made this 30-minute meal in approximately 15 two-minute increments throughout the day, because Monday. It’s the easiest: rice boiled in coconut milk, mixed with kidney beans and some lonely stalks of kale from the garden (that are holding a bitter grudge about being neglected, and it shows), seasoned with salt. Later, I tossed a Mahi Mahi filet in an extremely generous coating of Nigerian Suya from @calicuttsspiceco and fried it in some olive oil. It was 1000% the comfort food I didn’t know I needed, and I feel extra grateful—so grateful that I’m about to continue the party with one of the last homemade brownies (@loveandlemons!) topped with cookie crumble ice cream (@vanleeuwenicecream!). What a way to end a Monday. Thanks for the unexpected joy, food.
    Saying goodbye to July with a tiny ode to fireflie Saying goodbye to July with a tiny ode to fireflies
    Frozen II was kind enough to give us “Into the u Frozen II was kind enough to give us “Into the unknoooooown” as the unofficial theme song of 2020. (That one part of the chorus that’s kind of like a desperate scream/cry for help? Appropriate.) Bonus: It doubles as a fitting theme song for most outdoor adventures, particularly the water-based ones that can’t handle yet another reprise of Just Around the Riverbend.
    The weekend was mostly spent in/near water, readin The weekend was mostly spent in/near water, reading books instead of reading screens, and it was glorious.

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