What Scares Us

>———————————-< We know that we are mostly afraid of the unknown.  We aren’t too keen on unpredictability.  So, we have learned to cover our fear of these terrifying things by substituting legends and lore, fictional terrors with familiar qualities and habits we recognize as signals of danger.  Our only problem…

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Mountain Woman

_____^^^^^^_____ I found a dress in the back of my closet.  It’s one of those cocktail party dresses I used to wear to family weddings and company Christmas parties at pricey hotels.  I nudged aside a few boxes looking for the matching shoes back in the dark recesses of the…

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Con Sabor

==== 0 ==== Yes, it’s about cooking.  It’s also about life.  Savoring the flavors of living through food and the company that surrounds the sharing of meals and culture.  I’m sitting here thinking of all the flavors I did not experience during the early years of my life and all…

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Poor Wayfaring Strangler

My trip to Switzerland has been cancelled.  Just kidding, I have no plans to go anywhere.  It’s just not my thing.  This year I have seen more friends than I can keep track of head overseas for long-awaited vacations.  Some of them got COVID during their travels and were inconvenienced…

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