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88% Super Dark Blend Bar from Shawn Askinosie

A contributor to happiness at so many levels! In 1980, while I was still learning to cook the line, Mother Teresa’s team in India rescued a small orphaned boy from the streets of Calcutta. He was … Continued

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A Positive Look at Perpetual Purpose Trusts, Three Years In

A regenerative path toward healthy, enduring organizational futures In her Sunday morning Substack, British-Turkish author Elif Shafak reflected—as so many of us are trying to do—on the uncertain state of the world. In her efforts … Continued

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The Extraordinary Nature of the Unordinary

A judge’s call to action, a hip hop band’s act for justice, and other unordinary actions Four years ago, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, the same thoughtful and widely respected rabbi who officiated at Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s … Continued

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Roadhouse Reopens Post Renovation

Dozens of oysters are cracked open to toast the occasion Last Wednesday afternoon, after six weeks of being closed for intensive and extensive renovations to the kitchen and a host of elements in the dining … Continued

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Our Annual Pie & Mash Pop-Up at Cornman Farms

British street food to warm up the final weeks of winter In the spring of 2024, BBC’s Paul Howard wrote, While I live ever more distant from my London birthplace, that doesn’t wholly quell its … Continued

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Martin’s Handmade Hard Pretzels at the Coffee Company

A Taste of Pennsylvania Dutch Country in Washtenaw County Sometimes we take things for granted. Or maybe it’s that we’ve subconsciously sloughed something off because our early-in-life encounters with it were wholly uninteresting. Even I, … Continued