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The Black Sheep in the Family
Every family has one. A relative who refuses to play by the rules. Someone who causes unbelievable heartache, unspeakable scandal, and enormous amounts of frustration. Someone who generates really, really interesting family stories. In my family that was Uncle Dave, my mother’s little brother. When my mom was young, she was bedridden with whooping cough,…
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Pomegranate Surprise
No, this is not going to be a recipe. Sorry. When I was little, sometimes my mother would say, “I have a surprise for you!” And she’d get me so excited that by the time she was through I’d have it built up in my mind to pony proportions. Then she’d hand me a pomegranate,…