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Why 5 years later, the Brikka is still the Moka Pot I use

November 11, 2021January 31, 2026

Buying a Moka Pot is a personal milestone. It’s not the same as brewing out of a percolator. Brewing coffee in a moka pot takes time and patience. It is an experience, and you buy it for the sensory satisfaction, the ritual, and the heavenly aroma of espresso wafting through your kitchen. Unlike complicated machines…

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Meet Yasmin Book Review- A Story That Quietly Healed The Inner Child In Me

November 3, 2021March 18, 2026

I couldn’t tell the last time a book had the power to heal the inner child in me. A powdery blue cover with a girl who looked like my daughter and me as a child. A rare occurrence, and yet here it was, in the books aisle of Target. Saadia Faruqi, the author of “Meet…

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Growing a Cauliflower – A Gardening Experiment Reflections

Growing a Cauliflower – A Gardening Experiment

June 7, 2021February 4, 2026

Little curds are shy. As Earth slumbered into a long winter, the ground was frost-laden and cold. Growing a cauliflower may be a hard one for the beginner. But not a worry in a garden where fairies guard every bud and bloom. As if they understood, the leafy jackets protect and barely show what’s inside….

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How to encourage your preschooler to read

April 9, 2021January 27, 2026

In this post, I go over my own experiences with my child when we first began reading and how I overcame roadblocks along the way. Check out my top tips on how to encourage your preschooler to read in their beginning stages!  Tip #1: Talk To Your Child As a first-time mother and someone who had…

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