jennifer mclagan – Orangette https://orangette.net Wed, 16 Dec 2015 07:11:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 We’ll go from left to right https://orangette.net/2015/07/well-go-from-left-to-right/ https://orangette.net/2015/07/well-go-from-left-to-right/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2015 02:33:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/well-go-from-left-to-right I promised cookbooks, and I shall deliver cookbooks. No more nostalgia! No more old photographs! No more zoning out with Danzig videos on YouTube because a man in a Danzig t-shirt just walked into the coffee shop where I am writing and reminded me of the song “Mother ’93“! I will be useful. Four years ago, when we moved into the house where we now live, I started keeping a small collection of cookbooks on top of the refrigerator. Most of our books live in June’s room, on the wall of shelves there, but that’s down the hall from the kitchen, and I wanted to have my most-used, best-loved, most-consulted books within reach.  I rotate them as new books come…

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Like he did https://orangette.net/2014/11/like-he-did/ https://orangette.net/2014/11/like-he-did/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:24:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/like-he-did The three of us have that hanger-onner of a virus that’s going around. The past two nights, I’ve coughed myself to sleep in the basement guest room, and as anyone who’s ever coughed herself to sleep can tell you, it’s slow going. I use the time to think about pressing issues like how much I like the taste of original Ricola, or how it could be that Alice’s feet smell so exactly like buttered popcorn, or how much I prefer haunted, unsmiling, True Detective-era Matthew McConaughey over other Matthew McConaugheys, even with the long hair that makes him a ringer for my uncle. Or, if I’m really on my game, I use the time to write in my head. Two nights…

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