My cooking “show” with KTEH

I love to cook and avidly tear out recipes from Sunset and Real Simple magazines which (then lay in dusty folders hoping one day to get made.) The reality is that cooking usually is what I can get on the…

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My pre- post-racial birth certificate

On the eve of this historic election, I was reminded in a very personal way how far we have come as a country and as a society. I was copying my Michigan birth certificate (more on why below) when I…

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Road Trip: Silicon Valley Style

This summer my family decided to head out to Yellowstone I figured that seething hot springs and exploding geysers would have more appeal to an 8 and 9 year old than touring museums in major metropolis. And in a time…

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Moms, daughters, and friendships

It was one of those morning this week — my two kids heading off to two completely different camps, swimming bags missing, lunches unmade…you know the drill. And on top of that, I had a really hectic , stressful day…

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