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Going Barefoot

Kids have it right because they haven’t enough civilization and experience to do what isn’t natural.  Let’s face it, we are animals, in the species timescale just a blink away from striding the plains and bashing each other with clubs.

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Big Boy Shoes

There’s something about wearing new shoes that makes you feel smarter, stand taller, salute the world with a confident smile.  Also if you’re learning to walk, hard-soled shoes give you a rigid platform to begin tottering around like the Star

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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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Picky or Discerning?

My whole life I’ve been particular about certain things, like footwear.  In elementary school I lived for Field Day, a yearly mini-Olympics at our school that, with a limited number of participants and lots of events that meant you were

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[cough cough]

Hey kids!  Here’s a tip:  when you’re feeling sick, don’t go out and exercise in cool weather.  What might’ve been a minor cold last week turned into an epic deep lung cough.  So…yeah, don’t do what I did. However, we

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Genesis

No, not the plaintive band led by hair-loss champion Phil Collins.  I’m talking about the first loaf of bread I made, July 2008.  Hard to believe it’s only been a year.  I have remembered that I thought that was one

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