I spent the fall reading blogs and posting my responses to facebook. It made some people a little bit crazy and if I had been able to sit and blog myself I might have saved a few friendships. But, I didn’t have the focus or the energy to set up this space. So now that the election is over, it’s time to move on.
My real inspiration came from a friend’s daughter, Lizzie, who just sat one day and decided to blog. She didn’t seem to need to spend months thinking about it, she just started.
And so I begin. No more thinking–I plan on doing, or at least writing. Now I’ll relax and try to be more hopeful in this mucky age we live in.
Food is what I really want to think about, write about, continue to learn about. How does one turn the ordinary into the extraordinary?

Here's where we begin...
Once upon a time there was a …
I’m thrilled that you’ve started a blog! I’m really looking forward to it. You’re bookmarked!
By: Carol Lenagan on December 7, 2008
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