Sunday Beans: Holding It Loosely

It’s a warm Sunday afternoon in Phoenix, and I’m making my first pot of beans in over a year. It’s been that long not because I don’t love beans, because that’s absolutely not true being brought up on Mexican food that will fill your soul. It’s been that long because I adore the recipe, and […]

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If You Hate it Enough?

When I was studying music in a very serious (wink wink) university music school, I was part of a saxophone studio. We (the studio) had weekly meetings with our professor, and another weekly meeting of just saxophonists, and we exchanged feedback in these settings. Every week. For four years. It’s intense, and honest, and frequently […]