Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Food
Food is the word that sums up this weekend. We ate take out, eat in, and home made. Now I’m questioning if I should continue to refrain from eating meat, I’m ga ga for popcorn and in love with brussel sprouts. Who knew that a weekend of indulgent fooding could open my eating horizons so…
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Snow Day!
There is a small part of me that yearns for middle school. It’s the part of me that loves snow days. Unfortunately in the real world they don’t come as often as I’d like, but on some special days — like today — we get the day off. Regan and I are so lucky that…
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Blerg
Turns out I’m not so great at sewing by hand. If I didn’t get so frustrated each time I messed up, I’m sure that the learning curve wouldn’t be so huge, but for the most part I just get mad when I make something that doesn’t turn out as I envisioned. It’s the part of…
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Making
We didn’t leave the house this weekend. Instead we watched the snowy outside world through our windows. Of course, two inches of snow was only an excuse to do nothing, it absolutely didn’t have to confine us to the house. The world just seems a little less pleasant during the month of December with the…
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Handmade Holiday
Jack is sitting on the front porch watching the snow fall. He’s mesmerized by it. Regan and I are huddled inside next to the space heater, making Christmas lists for giving and receiving. We’ve always tried to create meaningful gifts for Christmas but usually get so caught up in work and life that we lose…
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Treadle
While I shopped at Goodwill for old t-shirts to change from one shape into another, Regan explored the odds and ends in back. I was ready to go when he told me he had something he wanted me to see. This White sewing machine appears to have been produced between 1911 and 1920, according to…
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Park City
Park City, Utah. Regan and I are in love with it. Really. So in love. We haven’t taken a substantial vacation together ever, really. When we were living in Virginia all of our time off was used to visit family over the holidays, and since we both had jobs that required nametags we weren’t making…
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CSA
This summer Regan and I have learned what vegetables really taste like. All organic and locally grown, we get our half share delivered each Friday just down the street from where Regan works. Mixed spring greens, mustard greens, summer squash, tomatoes (yellow, green, red– both little and humongous), radishes, herbs, adorable red potatoes, etc. AND we…
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Summertime
We are savoring summer right now–imprinting memories of warmth, living plants and daylight that lasts until 10. This is what our life looks like right now– how could we not want to hold onto summer longer? Front yard flowers. Backyard tomatoes. Watering the yard and Jack at the same time. I love it.
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Janome!
Regan is a good, good guy. Yesterday for my birthday he surprised me with a mysterious trip to Avon. Avon’s not all that mysterious, but driving to a surprise destination there is. We arrived at the Avon Quiltery and when we walked in the door he said to the woman at the counter, “We’re here…
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