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this recipe uses no butter, cream, or milk, yet makes a creamy soup.  essentially, this is my cauliflower soup recipe but with only pepper as seasoning.

• boil several washed potatoes, cubed with skins on, till very tender. the longer the better.
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for this month's potluck we gathered at sue's. there being two julies (jb and jc) caused 3-year-old L (daughter of jc) much consternation and confusion at first, but she sorted it out, as well as everyone else's names. the conversation ranged from 7 generations past (civil war re-enactment) to 7 generations hence (and the "Life, Money & Illusion" ( Read more... )

saturday morning i bought a cheap umbrella at the crow's nest here in midland, and they gave me a bar of Ambriel Dark Chocolate, 100% organic and 88% fair trade ingredients. made in switzerland and distributed in canada by sproutmaster in elmvale. turns out sproutmaster is the crow's nest's owner's other business. be sure to check out the website

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eco-catastrophe and the new creation

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menu: cuban-style black beans with green peppers, chick peas, tomatoes
brown and wild rice
spinach salad with red peppers, pine nuts, and lemon dressing
garlic rye toast
blueberry nectar and soda water
chocolate zucchini cake and coffee
music: dave clark solo guitar
weather: amazing clouds, like an inverted bowl of whipped cream ( Read more... )