The distiller and I are sitting across from each other in the swelter of a Denver June afternoon, three tiny unlabeled bottles of bourbon lined up
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AuthorElizabeth Marro
Results112Learning to Walk, Learning to See
We’re two friends walking along the cliffs overlooking the Pacific. For one of us the walk is preparation for a 200-mile pilgrimage, for the other, it
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Lunch With Friends
I ate some old friends for lunch today. It’s the only way to get rid of them. They keep coming back like relatives you miss until
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Reconstruction Day
On Good Friday last year, my step-daughter checked into the hospital for the second phase of post-mastectomy reconstruction. As we packed to go help her through
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What I Wish She Had Told Me…
I’m not a historian but I am a woman and Women’s History Month reminds me that without the help of incredible women working over many years,
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Urge to Purge
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwUf30ndgeM&w=420&h=315] Above: Four minutes of fun in Bettina’s Minimalist Kitchen, “The White Box” (In English with subtitles). The urge to purge seems to be running
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Seduction by Artichoke
There are the hearts you draw on Valentine cards, the chocolate ones, and the very useful muscle that is sending oxygen to your cells as you
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Fruit-Salad Family Tree
Deep breath. Here goes. My ex-husband, the oldest of six, is also my stepbrother. In my birth family, I am the oldest of five. In the
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Naked on a Plane
I woke this morning to the rumble of jets overhead, one of the sounds that marks the start of a new day here. It’s one of
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God, Love, and Dog Poop
I took Chloe for a walk not long ago and ran smack into a lesson on boundaries, dog poop, and the love of God. We had
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