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So I tried Cook It and I have Opinions

By Gersande La Flèche on February 25, 2021

Meal kits have been on my radar as a thing for roughly eighteen months now, but Leif and I were never particularly tempted by the concept since we felt like we were able

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Brief recollections from the Tolkien Society Seminar (2020-02-13)

By Gersande La Flèche on February 15, 2021

A wonderful interruption to the drudgery of confinement this last weekend was the Tolkien Society Seminar on Twenty-first Century Receptions of Tolkien!

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And so it goes.

By Gersande La Flèche on February 8, 2021

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted here so I thought it might be time to get off my butt and post an update!

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Reading the entire Jane Austen canon for the first time

By Gersande La Flèche on November 11, 2020

I read Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Emma, and Northanger Abbey for the very first time this year. Here's what I thought about each entry into the Jane Austen canon!

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The Sustainability of Regular Pens, Fountain Pens, and Goose Quills

By Gersande La Flèche on October 21, 2020

So I've been wondering how one would reduce the amount of (mostly) plastic waste generated by using pens, chiefly by comparing the sustainability of three types of pens I've used this year.

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No, I do not meditate

By Gersande La Flèche on October 9, 2020

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that any person who suffers from chronic health problems with mental health components, must be in want of someone to cheerfully suggest: "Have you tried meditation and yoga?"

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