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Monday Bacon: Bad Guests

Posted on February 10, 2014 by tosabarbell

Or, ‘We want you out of here as much as you don’t want to be here.’ Years and years ago I was expecting two house guests. It was a highly emotional time in our lives and I was still a … Continue reading →

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The Kashi Myth

Posted on February 6, 2014 by tosabarbell

If you didn’t get to build cereal box forts at breakfast as a kid, I feel bad for you. I feel bad for my kids, by the time we got out of the “shut you up with Honey Nut Cheerios” … Continue reading →

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Table Prayer

Posted on February 5, 2014 by tosabarbell

Growing up in Minnesota, it is likely that this picture by photographer Eric Enstrom  taken in 1918, was hanging somewhere near the kitchen of most Scandinavian homes. I remember specifically looking up to our version of the painting during our … Continue reading →

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I’m So Vain, I Probably Think This Blog Is About Me!

Posted on February 4, 2014 by tosabarbell

Mason Cooley wrote, “Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.” Is Vanity taken as a whole a bad thing? There are many of us who commit to training and eating right for various reasons, but if we said that … Continue reading →

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