Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Spelt & Honey Banana Muffins
I used to work in an office building in downtown Indianapolis, nestled among restaurants and coffee shops. Nordstrom Café was on one side of me and the Omni Severin coffee and sweets counter was on the other. I usually grabbed a coffee and a muffin from one of these places before getting settled in each…
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Christmas Pillows
One of my best friends lives about 200 miles away so we make a point each year to get together a few times for marathon weekends of crafting, baking and just catching up. On one of our weekends she showed up with a screen printing kit she’d found for me at Michael’s for one cent.…
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Fresh for 2013
I have a knack for going overboard on house projects before hosting parties. I come by it honestly though; it turns out I have my dad’s bone structure and my mom’s vision for perfection. Over the weekend I hosted a baby shower, and in the week leading up to it all I saw was the…
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Melody Miller Pieced Pillow
This summer I walked into our sweet local fabric store and walked out with a yard of Melody Miller’s Ruby Star Spring 2011 fabric. Its rich colors and texture drew me in and my first thought was, “I must make a skirt.” But upon bringing it home I realized it was much more “art” and…
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Every Dog Counts Rescue Quilted Clutch
Our dear little dog is not the most socially adept creature. Even though we rescued him at a really young age he had a rough enough start to make him slightly neurotic. Plus, he lives with us, two slightly wacky people, which probably doesn’t help matters. When he was younger we tried all we could…
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Real Pumpkin Pie
For me pumpkin pie has always fallen to the bottom of the list of things I desire. It’s kind of mushy and bland, as though the pumpkin has gone straight from a can and into the pie crust. It’s always something I skip over at holidays because there is ultimately a showier dessert that grabs…
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One Year In
The beginning of November marked one year since I left my job and wandered into the world of making it on my own. I gave up eight years of forward momentum in an organization, building a program and building my career all just to start at zero again. I was fine with the idea of…
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Fall Fruits
Recently we found we had an overabundance of fall fruits and veggies and so I spent a full day in the kitchen peeling apples, slicing pears and prepping veggies for the coming week. I think there is nothing more beautiful (and delicious) than fall fruits. And there may be nothing more relaxing than spending time…
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Easy Bunting Baby Quilt
Yesterday morning my brother and his girlfriend welcomed Harper Laine, their healthy little girl, into the world. I’m really happy for him — for them. He’s going to be a terrific father and I think they are going to be a pretty awesome parenting team. And her birth was perfect timing, not only because she…
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