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Men Should Iron Their Own Shirts

Let’s put aside the obvious gender role arguments, the dry cleaning convenience, and the spare time excuses.  Men should iron their own shirts, but it’s not for the reasons you would think. When you hear the gentle hush of steam

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Laundry on the Line

The line sags in a pregnant curve as wet clothes are draped, the line to become shallow and taut as dry air whips the water from the fabric.  Each piece I add, I find myself calmer, the rhythm of drape,

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Climbing Trees

There is something magical about climbing a living thing.  Sure, clambering up the back of the sofa is okay, but much better to climb up daddy, grappling onto handfuls of shirt and digging toes into any crevasse hoping for traction. 

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Yes! Holes!

We all have our little victories and for me it’s getting holes in bread.  “Easy!” you say, “Just poke your finger in there!”  But were it that simple.  My recent problems with ciabatta led me to think my dough was

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Dressing Up

I have many, let’s call them, “eccentricities”.  One is that I like to dress up.  As Fernando Lamas says, “It is better to look good than to feel good,” and I take that a step further.  When you look good

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