Ann Davis-Rowe
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Jene is my pretend big sister. Not as in an imaginary friend, but because when I was little she thought I was hers — and I thought I was her. Our mothers and my grandmother were very good friends, all about 10 years apart. The summer I was six and Jene 11, we went to…
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Flat 493 was always a fan of home cooking, but with *gestures vaguely*, we have really stepped up our game. In embracing “good” this year and all the good we do in our kitchen, planning/hoping to share more of what we do. Some our faves thus far in 2021: • Half Baked Harvest’s White Wine…
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If this poor peace lily that only ever gets watered once it droops enough that I pay attention can bloom in these “unprecedented” times [can we retire that word yet?], so can you. This is not to say that you must bloom, of course. Rest, or at least mere survival — and surviving these days…
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For the past few years, I’ve picked a word-of-the-year. 2020’s was “celebrate”. #hindsight2020 I’ve decided that 2021’s is to be “good”. As in “don’t let perfect be the enemy of”. As such, here are some things worth celebrating, to wrap up the year of celebrations that weren’t: — I read 107 books in 2020. —…
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While I haven’t been posting about them, collabs have still been happening. Collabs are basically where a bunch of people cook on a theme and use a common hashtag to share. As everyone’s favorite wizard turns 40 today, it was only natural we celebrate Harry Potter. One of the hosts is my Insta-friend Dora, who…
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Poets.org daily poetry emails are a welcome start to my day. They are usually thought-provoking and usually introduce me to someone new. I was recently struck by The Puppet-Player by Angelina Weld Grimké: Sometimes it seems as though some puppet-player, A clenched claw cupping a craggy chin Sits just beyond the border of our seeing, Twitching…
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Welp, we made it to July. What a year, huh? I spent this spring not only *not* in isolation but working on-site six days a week. And just as life was on its way to normal, “normal” became a thing of the past. A past where America was only great if you were a white,…
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Not gonna lie, I got a little burnt out on books last year. Between free books to review and imposter syndrome rearing its ugly head when writing said reviews and trying to keep up with bookclub, my TBR became a sad and lonely, barely touched list on my phone. So this year, my year of…
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…three days, actually! The Phoenix Theatre Co. is bringing back I Now Pronounce You Dead for three special Vday performances. We start off at our original home away from home, the Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store on Thursday, February 13. Tickets here. For Valentine’s Day itself, we are back to Summerfield Farms. A gorgeous wedding venue…
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The next batch of collabs this January was, for me, conveniently dip focused. So, as per usual, I had some girlfriends over and made a day of it. • One of the regular foodies I connect with likes to say that “dairy is a crutch” so some of the other gals trolled him into hosting…
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