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    Roasted Butternut Squash Soup for Two

    Photo Credit: Nathan Nelson, via Flikr I try really hard not to be a food snob. This is because I know that a.) many of our food choices are dependent on our geographical location,…

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    Streusel-Topped Baked Apples for Two

    Baked apples were not a dessert I remember my mother making. She was the master of apple pie, so perhaps she just stuck with what she knew we loved. The first time I had…

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    Working With 5 Types of Managers

    I’ve been working since I was 16 years old. I’ve done everything from being a fast food cashier to managing warehouse shipments to my current job as an English professor. So, needless to say,…

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    Rethinking “Scruffy Hospitality”

    My mom was famous for keeping an immaculate house. If you walked through her front door unannounced, you’d find the carpets clean and the end tables dusted, the sliding glass door to the patio…

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    How to Know If You’re Settling

    Last week, one of my colleagues announced that he’s leaving his position at the university where we both teach. The announcement took me by surprise, not only because I can’t imagine the university without…