Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Graham Crackers
Growing up our cabinets were always stocked with a box of honey grahams. They were our go-to snack for every occasion. In fact, I had a friend over once in middle school who was allergic to multi-grain bread — the only kind in our cabinets. Having no other options on hand I made her a…
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A Beautiful Mess
This week I’m taking a break from work. Luckily part of my pay seems to be supplemented by a generous vacation policy and so each spring I find myself taking a week to stay at home alone and make things. It’s lovely that I have this luxury. Unfortunately, leading up to vacation I spend so…
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Six Yards of Mulch
Finding new gift ideas for Regan’s mom is always exhausting. What do you get for a very particular woman? She loves art, but is running out of places to put it in her small, contemporary home. Regan’s dad always has her set up with any jewelry she might have had her eye on. Clothing is…
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A Bit on Food and Reading
Between the ages of 8 and 18 I was a voracious reader of all fiction. I was introduced to John Irving at a young age and read his books with the same intensity I read R.L. Stine, Lois Lowry and Gary Paulsen. It was a funny mix I embraced at a young age. Then from…
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A Closer Look
Our neighbor, at nearly 90 years old, still works in her yard each day in spring and summer, clipping back bushes, watering plants and spraying whatever she thinks needs to be killed. If there’s a task she can’t handle she’ll call over her son-in-law, who lives a few blocks over, and bark orders at him…
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Hand-Stitched Linen Napkins
We don’t have many paper products in our home. We brew our coffee in a French Press, bypassing the need for filters. Our cleaning rags are old t-shirts and socks that have exhausted their time as presentable clothing. Green B.E.A.N. Delivery service drops off a bin of food for us each week, and even though…
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Homemade Pasta Round Two
While my first attempt at homemade pasta noodles was tasty, I made them much too big. I just couldn’t get the dough rolled as thinly as it needed to be and my cutting skills were lacking. So, I played around with a different recipe and do believe I have found success. This recipe uses 8…
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Lavender Sachets
We have moths. Or, more specifically, we had moths. Over the winter holidays, I found holes in my favorite shirts, little nibbles taken from my merino wools and cashmere. I mended what I could, but my best efforts couldn’t save my wardrobe. And so I went on a cleaning rampage. At the new year I…
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Zucchini Bread
This week I’ve packed up a 4,000 square foot office with my co-workers and downsized to a 1,000 square foot temporary space in a pilot’s lounge at the old Indianapolis airport. Out one window I see planes taking off. The other window looks over a jet in the hangar. Nothing feels like what I know.…
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