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Deactivating Facebook! And a book review: The Circle by Dave Eggers

6:57 PM
Some of you who know me know that I am a big fan of dystopian novels. Margaret Atwood is consistently my favorite author, followed closely by Dave Eggers, only heightened by his 2013 release, The Circle. So when I came across this article in The Atlantic that in other words talks about a guy "going transparent" just like the characters in The Circle,...

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Summer Goals Update

12:28 PM
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Now that we've crossed into the month of August, I figured it was a good time to re-establish or revisit my Spring/Summer goals and some other updates. Goal 1 - Conveniently successful due to our Farm Farm CSA and a warm and wet summer. It definitely takes more work to cook an abundance of fresh food but the results are worth it:  ...

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