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April 10, 2012
strawberry sauce
We all know the pleasures of eating strawberries and some extol their aphrodisiacal properties, but none so well as Madame Tallien. Born to the aristocracy, given six names, and raised by nuns, this strawberry lover survived a march to the guillotine, bearing the fruit (ten) of multiple lovers and husbands (including the notoriously seedy and filthy Napoleon Bonaparte), several stints in prison and all of the great political and social shifts of the late 1700s. A style maven and risk-taker throughout her life, she insisted on bathing solely in the cure-all juice of strawberries.
March 7, 2012
Operation Ogee
We are about to undergo “Operation Ogee” in celebration of this week’s muse: the onion. No worries, this DIY onion project is totally doable – just sit back as my dear, dear sweet friend Kyle Millsap peels it off layer by layer. We are talking about painting stacked onions on the wall but no one needs to cry about it. You won’t shed a tear—I promise!
May 23, 2012
on being with bees
When in the presence of bees, it’s difficult not to wax on about life, love, and purpose, but they do make you sting with awareness of all things family, work, duty and the all too quick passage of time. Like the honey makers, the keeper quietly hummed in the periphery of so many ladies with a quietness that is unique to the most masculine. And then there was the girl-woman – a hive herself – brimming with busy-ness and beauty.
