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Nicholas Stern was speaking about this on NPR this weekend.

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Let us build a city by the banks of the river
Let us plant eucalyptus jacaranda and willow
A grove of miniature birches
White as fairy lights
And shaped like deer
Let us invite the deer! And the birds and the butterflies and fish to play in our glade
Let us build huts of willow bark and strew the floors with sand
Let us cloak this world in glamour of our love so that the hostile shall not see
How we move in lushness and sleep on moss and devour each other in a fall of leaves

The water rushes past sl...

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Gluten Free Latkes

6 starchy white potatoes, peeled if you don't like the skins

1 medium onion (we like the sweet red ones)

1 large or 2 smaller zucchini

2 carrots, peeled

½ tsp sea salt, or to taste

¼ tsp pepper

¼ cup of organic non-GMO corn starch or potato starch

1 ½ -2 cups Garbanzo bean flour

Safflower oil or your favorite oil for frying

If using a food processor:
Use the grating blade to shred the potatoes, onion, zucchini and carrots.

If shredding by hand, use a grater to shred all the potatoes, z...

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I was the one the shape-shifter trying to keep him whomever he was at the time
By becoming different forms
But you you change like light like dawn noon dusk night
You are the show stopper in your top hat and tails spinning rabbits out of hats
You are the rock god tossing long locks bones like steel
You are the green elf with leaf-shaped ears and crystalline hallways in your eyes
You are the faerie queen with lilac blossom hair and tender tongue
You are the bright boychild tossed asleep across my bed...

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McCabe's interview with me! Leave a comment and win a chance at a free video from my online class.

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PIE FILLING

2 C. Hazelnut Milk
3 C. Peeled, Steamed Pumpkins or Sweet Potatoes
1/2 C. Agave
1/4 tsp. cloves
1 tbsp. Cinnamon
1 1/2 tbsp Ginger
1/2 tsp. Salt
5 tsp. Arrow Root Powder

Scald milk. Set aside.
Puree pumpkins in blender or ffood processor
Mix in remaining ingredients except milk and arrow root
Add arrow root to lukewarm milk and beat lightly.
Add this to the pumpkin mix and blend well.
Pour into unbaked pie shells.
Bake at 450 for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350.
Bake for 4--50 minutes.
The filling w...

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Here's the whole I love Maria and Aly and (un)leash of course

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Best Birthday gift ever! A book of poems by (un)leash called FOLIAGE FOR FRANCESCA

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Weetzie is a Pixie/Fairy

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