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These are links to pieces I wrote for other sites, my own, as well as others.

Food & Drink/Mine

New Belgium Abbey Ale

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Lisa

The New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado is best known for their Fat Tire amber. But New Belgium makes a lot of beer as one of the first generation of ...

Books/Mine

Jólabókaflóð: An Icelandic Christmas Tradition

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Lisa

Iceland is not a huge country, but it has a millennia long rich literary history, beginning with the Old Norse Sagas. Everybody in Iceland reads, and everyone b...

Mine

SOPA and PIPA: It Isn’t Over

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Lisa

First, we want to link to a video from Cory Doctorow, a writer, and someone whose career and income are tied to intellectual property rights, and the ‘net...

Mine/There

Grilled Fresh Pacific Northwest Salmon

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Lisa

I admit that I’m really loving easy access to fresh, locally caught, salmon. At this time of year in particular, when it’s simple to buy a fillet or...

Mine/There

Whedon, Rimbaud, and Cicero: Introduction to the Angel Rewatch

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Lisa

The central question informing the character of Angel is asked during season 3, first in the episode “Amends.” Angel’s been having really bad ...

Mine/There

Julie and Julia: A Meditation on Film, Julia Child, and Cooking Blogs

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Lisa

Even though the film Julie and Julia came out in 2009, I’ve only just now seen it. Written and directed by Nora Ephron, and based in part on the blog Juli...

Food & Drink/Mine

Kona Brewing Pipeline Porter

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Lisa

You know those seasonal beers? The ones released for just a few months, then retired? I’ve lost my heart to one—Kona Brewing Company’s Pipeline Porter. Pipeline...

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