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Summer music spotlight
While the beginning of my summer was dominated by the down-home atmosphere of Kacey Musgraves’s fantastic Middle of Nowhere, what some call a return to form, here are some other projects that have made a splash in my 2026 listening journey. Artist: LIKA Upon appearing ever so innocently on my YouTube homepage one early morning…
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Reviewing Young Washington
I was fortunate to catch an advance screening of Young Washington (2026) during a “secret movie” special at my local Cinemark on Monday, June 29, before the film’s July 3 wide release, in commemoration of which I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on the film. For background–this was one of the only secret…
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hello 2025
If I had Instagram, maybe I wouldn’t need to write this. But the fact of the moment is that I do. I’ve been feeling an urge lately to get my story straight, in hopes that I can–get ready for it–learn! No doubt, you heard it here first: me, giving myself the benefit of the doubt.…
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Sloppy Joes with ‘Regenerative’ meat
I interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to include a recipe that is strictly PM-only. Do what you will, but I wouldn’t eat a sloppy Joe for breakfast. And brunch is a non-starter because that’s not a meal I acknowledge anyway, despite having worked for 4 months and counting at a brunch restaurant. I love the…
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Banana yogurt peanut butter toast, two ways
This recipe post is dedicated to the queen of breakfast fruits: the humble Cavendish banana of international acclaim. Having shed an old habit of accepting bananas only in their chilled form, I believe I am qualified to extol the countless redemptive qualities of nature’s ultimate handheld delight, no thanks to its appearance in my morning…
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Miso oatmeal, your way
Faced with breakfast or lunchtime with nothing prepared but not quite enough hunger to commit to takeout? Miso, among other sodium-packed soup bases, lasts a long time. As do oats. Between these staples, a protein source such as eggs or canned fish, and some scraps-worth of veggies, I have the building blocks for a nutrient-conscious…
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Famous last oats
I don’t exaggerate when I claim that this recipe started it all. I was 27 years old, back at home in the PNW and still a little lost after having granted Japan temporary hosting privileges to my quarter life crisis for what happened to be the first spike of that pesky old coronavirus pandemic. I…
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