Tag Archives: local food

  1. Good Eating

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    October 11, 2021 by Jean

    In late summer and fall, one of the great pleasures in my life is taking advantage of the harvest to …
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  2. A Food-Centered Life

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    April 21, 2020 by Jean

    For as long as I can remember, I have loved food. I was a child who didn’t have to be …
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  3. The New Normal

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    April 1, 2020 by Jean

    It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, I was wondering if I had overcommitted myself for spring. …
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  4. Turn, Turn, Turn

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    October 2, 2019 by Jean

    I have been away from this blog for too long. I seem to have experienced time flying past more strongly …
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  5. Snow Shoveling and Lavender: Pleasure in Small Moments

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    December 31, 2018 by Jean

    The older I get, the more convinced I become that the secret to happiness is finding pleasure in small moments. …
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  6. Seasonal Transitions

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    October 19, 2017 by Jean

    Wherever I have lived in my adult life (southern California for two years after college, the mid-Atlantic region during my …
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  7. Veggie Burgers

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    February 4, 2017 by Jean

    I am a bit of a foodie. Mostly that means that I love food. And what I love most is …
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  8. Preserving the Harvest

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    October 9, 2016 by Jean

    For as long as I can remember, I have loved to eat. There is an old family story about the …
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  9. A Single Woman’s Holiday

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    December 21, 2015 by Jean

    Christmas morning. I will be up early, before the sun, to begin preparing Christmas dinner. I will plug in the …
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  10. Celebrating Rural Living

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    September 28, 2015 by Jean

    Fall is country fair season in Maine; and, in a rural state, these harvest celebrations are major events. This past …
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I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

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