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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
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  • Girls weekend charcuterie board on a covered deck near Tallulah Falls: salami roses, prosciutto, brie topped with pomegranate seeds, cubed cheese, crackers, apples, grapes, clementines, olives and cornichons, with a bottle of prosecco and two wine tumblers, woods beyond the railing.

    Friday Roundup #43

    ByKara October 16October 16 Friday Roundup, Writing

    A rainy girls weekend near Tallulah Falls, saffron crocus at last, a rabbit hole called Any Human Ever, World Food Day, and what I’m reading and watching.

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  • The downstairs powder room painted in Benjamin Moore Saybrook Sage, white crown molding above and the old white baseboard still unpainted below, with afternoon light coming through the window blinds and striping the wall.

    Friday Roundup #42

    ByKara October 9October 8 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Saybrook Sage on the powder room walls, the first report from the meat-minimalized week, still no saffron, and a weekend in the north Georgia mountains.

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  • A pile of big orange pumpkins on pine straw at a pumpkin patch.

    Friday Roundup #41

    ByKara October 4October 4 Friday Roundup, Writing

    A late roundup: the Halloween boxes come home, collards peek through, the Joro spiders take the back yard, Nigella joins the Bake Off tent, and a meat-minimalized week on deck.

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  • Two white trays of oysters on ice on a mosaic table, raw oysters on the half shell beside a ramekin of cocktail sauce, with a card reading Pemaquid, Damariscotta River, Maine.

    Friday Roundup #40

    ByKara September 27September 28 Friday Roundup, Writing

    A late roundup: WordPress gremlins, the first real fall mornings, a seafood feast where all sixty oysters vanished, saffron crocus in the ground, and the first pot roast of the season.

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  • A burger-night build station: cheddar-topped patties and toasted buns on a wooden board with lettuce, tomato, red onion, A1, Dijon, Grillo's pickles, a bowl of cole slaw, and sweet potato fries.

    Friday Roundup #39

    ByKara September 18September 28 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Cheeseburger Day on the kamado, build-your-own style, fall creeping in, the collards finally in the ground, and what’s coming next week.

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  • Friday Roundup #38

    Friday Roundup #38

    ByKara September 12September 13 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Sunflowers on the counter, half the office bolting ahead of a Friday storm, the collards still sitting on my desk, and a gluten-free honey cake in the oven.

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  • A dirt footpath curves through a hardwood forest where the entire ground layer is one unbroken mat of low, bright green Japanese stiltgrass. Long Indian Creek runs along the right edge of the frame past a large oak, and a figure stands in the distance near fallen deadfall.

    Friday Roundup #37

    ByKara September 4September 7 Friday Roundup, Writing

    An invasive grass has taken the back of the property, the collards are still not in the ground, and minor-league September is winding down at Gwinnett Field.

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  • Remy, a black pit bull with a white chest patch, sprawled on a green cot on the back deck with his legs stretched out, head raised and looking up at the camera.

    Friday Roundup #36

    ByKara August 28August 27 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Remy takes National Dog Day personally, the collard seeds arrive, Hatch chiles are inbound, and I fall down a Scottish hoof-trimming YouTube hole.

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  • Friday Roundup #35

    Friday Roundup #35

    ByKara August 14August 13 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Friday Roundup #34: National Avocado Day, a jumbotron birthday for Zach, Joro spiders in the garden, Olmsted’s Southern journeys, and a meh on The Odyssey.

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  • a bowl of fresh guacamole made for National Avocado Day

    Friday Roundup #34

    ByKara July 31July 31 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Friday Roundup #34: National Avocado Day, a jumbotron birthday for Zach, Joro spiders in the garden, Olmsted’s Southern journeys, and a meh on The Odyssey.

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  • Macro close-up of a deep magenta and purple dinner-plate dahlia, its petals spiraling inward to a tightly coiled, pale-tipped center.

    Friday Roundup #32 (First Concert Since March Edition)

    ByKara July 17July 18 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Friday Roundup #32: our first concert since March, the great email reckoning, Wicked parts one and two, and the dinner-plate dahlias gone wild in the rain.

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  • A bee on an orange cosmos bloom in the back garden, hero image for Friday Roundup #31

    Friday Roundup #31

    ByKara July 10July 12 Friday Roundup, Writing

    Friday Roundup #31: a July 4 thunderstorm, a macro session with the garden bees, a big salad craving after too much bo ssam, and re-reading Killers of the Flower Moon.

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