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To Be of Use…

To be of use

By Marge Piercy

The people I love the best

jump into work head first

without dallying in the shallows

and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.

They seem to become natives of that element,

the b...


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What a baker does when they run out of bread…

Living with the bread for over a decade means our family eats and breathes the seasonal fluctuations of the retail economy. This overarching theme means we’ve gotten used to a history of thin and threadbare Januaries when the consumer spending tap squeezes to a drip. We also observe the penitent and foggy month with frugal absolution. No new groceries! We squeak and ...


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A fistful of Dollars

You may not have considered this before, but all payment processors charge fees for their services. As pressure seems to mount towards moving us to a “convenient and cash free” society, of course someone is always profiting in the background, scraping the crusts off all the payments you make to your local small business. In a big box store, I don’t think twice about ...


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Wintering

We’re still on on our annual winter rest. We ate Christmas cookies, baked sticky gooey cinnamon rolls, and made a flaky apple galette. We went to Preservation coffee as many more times as we could before they closed up, ending an era for downtown Modesto . We made Japanese okonomiyaki (a savory cabbage pancake showered in bonito flakes and seaweed) and made some Viet...


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Community Christmas

I’m thinking about the season, and the ways we draw near to each other. Cups of tea shared, pots of soup for the table, sweets in the hot oven laced with warming spices. I love coming in from a walk in the frosty almond orchards, and throwing logs in the fireplace at my girlfriend’s house. I love snuggling up to read books under a blanket on the couch while potatoes ...


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