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BOWLED OVER by TABBOULEH

November 30, 2018 by Mary 12 Comments

  Let’s be clear. Blogs are blogs. Power Point Presentations are not. According to my more seriously-minded techie pals, PPP are something else entirely. They are more, well, seriously minded. Humph! After watching a PPP listing ten potential benefits of them, we seemed almost on the same page. I especially honed in on (1) Broadening… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, CookTheBookFridays, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Salads, Uncategorized Tagged With: International Space Station, Presidential Libraries

A DAY in the LIFE of a RANGER

June 15, 2018 by Mary 12 Comments

Since the mid-1990s, with a time out for Michael-care, I’ve been a volunteer wilderness ranger in the Colorado Rockies. During those 25-some years my life has changed dramatically but the one constant has always been my ranger gig. Hitching myself to Smokey Bear’s wagon was a bit of a stretch. Never considered a rough-and-tumble outdoorsy… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Desserts, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, Salads, Uncategorized, Veggies

JULY from EVERY ANGLE

July 21, 2017 by Mary 12 Comments

Last summer my USFS volunteer colleague, Deb, was on bus duty at the Maroon Bells pick up station. It was July, peak tourist season and we were overwhelmed by the crowds, sometimes welcoming over 1,000 visitors each day. The Bells, a priceless treasure, is the most photographed site in Colorado/Rocky Mountains. After work, during our… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Breads, CookTheBookFridays, General Post, Salads, Uncategorized

WHAT’S ON YOUR BACK BURNER?

May 4, 2017 by Mary 15 Comments

Count on it. The day I drive back to Aspen, after a winter absence, it is always snowing. My last Thursday’s arrival didn’t disappoint, a real blizzard. But after picking up my keys at The Gant’s office and corralling Dan, who drew the short straw, we got my car unloaded. Home, very sweet Home. This… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, CookTheBookFridays, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Salads, Uncategorized

WHAT’S HAPPENING in YOUR BACKYARD?

July 14, 2016 by Mary 21 Comments

Can you spare five minutes to be silly? In these somber times we still need to step outside our life box of concerns and shake it up. You have lots of happy breaths stored beside those worried and stressful ones. Just dig deeper and gulp. It’s CooktheBookFriday, time to share the exceptionally-talented David Leibovitz’s recipes… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Breakfasts, CookTheBookFridays, Desserts, Doris Greenspan, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Salads, Uncategorized

LIFE on the SAFE SIDE: A LIST

June 3, 2016 by Mary 22 Comments

Can you handle a How-To List? Realizing you’re involved in your own lives, I can hear heavy sighing. Take a deep breath. Grab that leap of faith. Today’s post is loaded with gems of wisdom. Lifesavers. For you. And, loved ones. It’s also CooktheBookFridays. Our recipe is Fattoush, David Lebovitz’s ingenious salad loaded with ‘a… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, CookTheBookFridays, Desserts, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, Salads, Uncategorized, Veggies

HOW TO PICK & CHOOSE DELICIOUS

March 30, 2016 by Mary 14 Comments

If you’re ever in Aspen and receive an invitation to have dinner with Cathy O’Connell and her husband, Fred Venrick, say, “Yes.” Until last September their back door was a short two blocks from my front door at The Gant. Although I never heard her complain, Cathy’s kitchen was tinier than my present mini-one. When… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Cottage Cooking Club, Desserts, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, River Cottage Veg, Salads, Uncategorized

WELCOME to MY FOOD BLOGGING UNIVERSE

February 27, 2016 by Mary 18 Comments

The Good News: For the first time in my Adult Life I have no one to care for. The Bad News: For the first time in my Adult Life I have no one to care for. One of my dearest friends recently lost her husband. In our frequent conversations she once lamented that she has… 

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Filed Under: Cottage Cooking Club, Desserts, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, Pastries, River Cottage Veg, Salads, Uncategorized

HUGH, BEES & WILDLIFE REFUGES

January 27, 2016 by Mary 13 Comments

My end-of-month post is often a favorite since I’m meeting unique recipes and buying ingredients that have never graced my pantry. Michael was a meat and potatoes, Oreo cookies, chocolate marshmallow pinwheels and Häagen-Dazs guy. If there was a bag of Snickers around, hip, hip hooray. He did love spinach, if it was creamed, but… 

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Filed Under: Cottage Cooking Club, Fruits, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, River Cottage Veg, Salads, Uncategorized, Veggies Tagged With: Merced Wildlife Refuge, Morro Bay Bird Festival, San Luis Wildlife Refuge complex

IRRESISTIBLE FARE and SNORKLE UPDATE

November 6, 2015 by Mary 5 Comments

Last summer when we finished cooking through Dorie Greenspan’s Around My French Table, I seriously considered signing off. The major reasons I began LightsonBright. as I’ve often said, were not only to bring structure to a chaotic time but also to chronicle the journey of rebuilding a life. Besides completing the cookbook, I also felt… 

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Filed Under: Around My French Table, Aspen, Doris Greenspan, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Salads, Uncategorized, Veggies Tagged With: Buvette, jody Williams

LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC: TIDYING UP

September 18, 2015 by Mary 15 Comments

The Japanese word, Tokimeku, means joy. I’m 100% fully committed to joy. Raise your hand if you’re for joy. Good show. Let’s move on. This week my life’s been about finding magic. Japanese author Marie Kondo has sold over 3 million copies of her book claiming that one’s life improves dramatically, the joy thing, just… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Desserts, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Salads, Uncategorized, Veggies

LENTIL LOVE, MIGHTY MOOSE & OSPREY

August 29, 2015 by Mary 10 Comments

If, as someone once remarked, August is the Sunday of summer, it’s a sure bet your Sunday was fast and furious. Remember Nat King Cole’s lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer? Here in the West, we’ve had crazy hazy days because of our 76 forest fires (latest figure). Last Wednesday, on the way to Rocky… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Cottage Cooking Club, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, River Cottage Veg, Rocky Mountain National Park, Salads, Soups, Uncategorized, Veggies

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