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Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

When I got married, I was careful to carry something from each of these categories down the aisle; a beautiful old dress, new Kenneth Cole shoes and a borrowed blue garter to fulfill the last two requirements. I don’t believe I gave it more thought than that. Had I done so, I might’ve had a glimpse into the origin of this saying as it is the ne’er stated last line that gives us our best clue.

Celebrating Weddings

Celebrating Weddings

Something old,
something new,
something borrowed,
something blue,
and a silver thruppence in her shoe.

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by Tammy on February 6, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on February 6, 2013

https://agrigirl.com/2013/02/06/vegan-mushroom-soup/

Chip Off the Old Block

My children dislike this phrase because it highlights their lineage back to me. Used here, “a chip off the old block” means a person or thing that derives from the source or parentage. It first appears in the English language in or around 1621 when Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln, giving his sermon said, “Am not I a child of the same Adam … a chip of the same block, with him?”

Chips off the Block

Chips off the Block

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by Tammy on January 6, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on January 6, 2013

https://agrigirl.com/2013/01/06/making-radish-chips-snacks/

Tammy’s Top Ten (t3 report) Holiday Decorating Ideas

The irony is that I’m not doing it this year. We’re busy. We’re traveling. And I don’t want to arrive home after Christmas only to have to pack away decorations that I didn’t get to appreciate. But I keep thinking about it!

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Perhaps it’s my recent post on tradition or perhaps it’s the way my brain is wired but in the absence of decorating, here are 10 ways to create a holiday setting with just a bit of effort and little cost:

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by Tammy on December 6, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Celebrations, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, sustainability, t3 Report
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Posted by Tammy on December 6, 2012

https://agrigirl.com/2012/12/06/tammys-top-ten-t3-report-holiday-decorating-ideas/

Of Skeletons and Salsa

The Day of the Dead or Día de Los Muertos is celebrated in many countries throughout the world but where I live, we tend to think of it as a Mexican holiday. Indeed, it is.  Celebrated on November 1st, in Mexico it is treated as a national holiday and as the name implies, it is a day for families to honor those loved ones who have passed before them.

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by Tammy on November 1, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on November 1, 2012

https://agrigirl.com/2012/11/01/of-skeletons-and-salsa/

Transitions

We’re stuck on the edge right now. Daily temperatures are reaching up to snag the hemline of summer’s skirt and hold her in place while comforting lentil and pumpkin soups are beckoning from cold-weather kitchens. Our kids are back in school and once again, have well established routines. It’s time to take inventory of the yard, clean it up and plant some winter flowers. I want to go hiking in the middle of a Saturday without risk of heat stroke and dehydration. I want the elections to be history. This year I’m ready for change but sometimes transitions are more difficult.

Heading into Autumn

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by Tammy on October 12, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on October 12, 2012

https://agrigirl.com/2012/10/12/moving-from-a-summer-to-autumn-menu/

Picnics with Papas

Baked. Fried. Crisped. Mashed. Scalloped. Hashed and Browned. I have a thing for potatoes. They’ve graced our table since I was born and my early aspirations to be a pilot were simply because I was certain that those were mashed potatoes dotting the sky.

Mashed?

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by Tammy on September 23, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on September 23, 2012

https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/23/picnic-potato-salad/

Happy Birthday!

My sister recently sent me an email looking for advice on a gift for her soon-to-be 16 year old. My reply? Uh, we’re not that big on birthdays.

This View is a Gift

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by Tammy on September 17, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on September 17, 2012

https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/17/happy-birthday-raw-sweet-potato-pie/

Oniondated!

The task of the poet is often to create the extraordinary from something household and mundane. Perhaps this is the reason the onion has been the focus of so many poems. Pablo Neruda wrote them as crystalline orbs holding magic within their layers. But today the final stanza of a Margaret Clark poem most appeals to me:

Onions
cannot help being metaphors; they would rather stay
mysteries in the moist soil. They would rather I unwrap
myself. If I could, I tell them through the blur, I would.

Worthy of Poetry?

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by Tammy on September 8, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on September 8, 2012

https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/08/oniondated/

Honoring Okra and the Summer Games

Who knew? I was on my way to the office listening to an update about last night’s games when this story from National Public Radio struck me from across the airwaves. Apparently, from the dawn of the Olympic games until 1948, poetry was included as part of the competition.

Olympic Stamp 1960 Greece

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by Tammy on August 4, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on August 4, 2012

https://agrigirl.com/2012/08/04/honoring-okra-and-the-summer-games/

“I like pie”

Urban dictionary says that this is a phrase used to politely decline to engage in discussion, with the implication that the original speaker is deliberately trying to upset or post flamebait. Perhaps I will have to do a future post on flamebait but as this political season heats up with all of its rhetoric and smear ads, I prefer the idea of eating more pie.

Summer Tomato Pie

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by Tammy on July 29, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on July 29, 2012

https://agrigirl.com/2012/07/29/i-like-pie/

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