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  by Hortensia in

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  beets in mustardy vinaigrette.

  1 rounded teaspoon grainy mustard .

  3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar .

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  BTEB -- sounds like fun to me!
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  by Hortensia in

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  beets in mustardy vinaigrette.

  1 rounded teaspoon grainy mustard .

  3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar .

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  OMG! I just opened a present that arrived today. Someone gave me CASHMERE SOCKS. I have them on now. Wow!
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  by Hortensia in

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  beets in mustardy vinaigrette.

  1 rounded teaspoon grainy mustard .

  3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar .

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  Sounds wonderful, LisaRose.

  Likeabird -- I picked plums, grapes and pears last fall, so I made plum jam, grape jam (which is absolutely nothing like Welch's) and pears in wine syrup. I also was given a bunch of rhubarb, so I made rhubarb jam with ginger. I only have a little of that, I'm not giving it away! Made quarts and quarts of salsa, too. And several quarts of tomato soup, which is already gone. It tasted so good, I kept having tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for supper.

  Right now I'm roasting eggplant and red bell peppers for caponata.
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  So close, and yet so far away! A lesson in the meaning of "cognitive dissonance".

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the other week we had a public talk by a brother who surprised me and piqued my interest by describing the origin of religion as resulting from a desire for power, and from fear and superstition.

  he was running with the ball so well, but he tripped and landed on his face before he got to the 20 yard line.. i'm not entirely sure what his thought process was.

  if i didn't happen to know him, i'd think he was trying to drop a ttatt bomb, but he's way too, well, er, simple-minded to be duplicitous like that.

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  Well, he started off well. I like that paragraph you wrote summarizing his introduction. I wonder where he got it?

  I like your comments about the subconscious mind, too, Jgnat and OP. I try to examine my motives, and, you're right, often my motives are a little embarassing when I think about them. It's a drag to face the truth about myself now and then, but I'm sure it makes me a better person. As in, "OMG I can't believe I did/said/thought that! I'm never going to do that again."
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  by Hortensia in

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  beets in mustardy vinaigrette.

  1 rounded teaspoon grainy mustard .

  3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar .

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  As a matter of fact, there are several apartments vacant right now. People don't want to move this time of the year. Man, what I would give to have another ally in this land of woowoo. Someone actually introduced me recently as "our token atheist."
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  introduction

  by monis in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am 39 years old.

  i converted to the jws when i was in middle school due to a witness in school and my family having issues at that time.

  i found instant friends and family at the kh.

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  Welcome! Thanks for sharing your story. I love to hear about escapees from the org.
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  Been a long time...but here is an update.

  by crazy2try in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't posted in 3 years.

  my husband and i haven't gone to a meeting or memorial in 2 years.

  what a great feeling!

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  So nice to hear your story! Good for you.
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  by Hortensia in

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  beets in mustardy vinaigrette.

  1 rounded teaspoon grainy mustard .

  3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar .

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  Cooked a lot today, a pork roast, a loaf of bread and endless loaves of pumpkin bread for a neighbor who wants to give it to all her friends. Tomorrow I'll cook endless loaves of cranberry bread as gifts for my friends, and make pork enchiladas for a dinner Monday night with friends. Tuesday I'll be passing out gifts to neighbors -- everyone gets homemade jam and cranberry bread. Wednesday a pot luck dinner -- I'm making dressing for the turkey.

  So, a little cooking after all. The apartment smells good and I get to work off some holiday steam!

  Mmmmm, bloody Marys. Maybe I'll make a pitcher of those, too.
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  How to pioneer when it's below zero

  by Giordano in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  part 3. pioneer survival school with hilly and hoppy.. .

  one of my first duties was organizing the twice a week door to door service.

  but our two older brothers, hilly and hoppy, kept ducking me.

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  I worked with some hard-core pioneers who didn't count time all the way through. They started time at the first door, and stopped counting time at the last door. I was an idiot I see now -- I could have counted the coffee breaks, the drive to the first house, etc. Would have made an appallingly boring and horrible life a little easier. I don't remember how long I pioneered, but I remember how awful it was.
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  recipes

  by Hortensia in

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  beets in mustardy vinaigrette.

  1 rounded teaspoon grainy mustard .

  3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar .

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  Old Aida -- on JWS -- well that was a while ago. I still miss JWS a little bit.