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		<title>Meal Ticket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I eavesdrop. I listen to people&#8217;s restaurant conversations. I strain to hear my coworkers converse. It&#8217;s a wretched habit, mostly. When I was a kid, my dad&#8217;s parents would marvel over their nerdy granddaughter like a strange bug. They&#8217;d tell my mother how smart I was, like she was too blonde to know. They&#8217;d tell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2011/02/10/meal-ticket/</link>
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		<title>Practice makes Perfectly Imperfect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m more &#8220;on the wagon&#8221; with practice within my disciplines these days (yoga, writing, This Thing We Do), mainly because Some Fairly Serious Stuff is happening in Deirdraland and I need my full toolbox at-the-ready. One of the most powerful teachings in my life comes from the Pratyabhijna-hrdayam, (if you can find it and are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2011/02/03/practice-makes-perfectly-imperfect/</link>
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		<title>Gingerbread for Gretel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This cake is as wild as wolves, dark as hunters&#8217; eyes, deep as a forbidding wood. Happy Holidays, friends. (originally published in the Jackson Free Press, December, 2009) My mother spoiled me with books, and my prized possession was a gilded copy of “Grimm’s Fairy Tales,” which I pored over with all the twisted earnestness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2010/12/13/gingerbread-for-gretel-2/</link>
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		<title>Deirdra, Shut Up and Write!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A writing seminar would rattle my cage and ruffle this bird's feathers. If you were considering sending me a Holiday card, or any sort of Yuletide gesture, please consider placing a drop in my bucket instead. Folks who donate have the option of giving me a (non-fiction) writing prompt, which I will fulfill, even if I hate it.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2010/12/08/deirdra-shut-up-and-write/</link>
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		<title>Why I Volunteer for Chick Ball: Year Four</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1 in 4 women will experience abuse in her lifetime. That&#8217;s really where this post could end, but allow me to continue. Every 15 seconds, a woman is beaten. 4.8 million intimate partner-related acts of violence annually, and less than 20% of them receive medical care post-assault. A recent social experiment showed that many people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2010/06/08/why-i-volunteer-for-chick-ball-year-four/</link>
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		<title>Infamous Imbolc Oatcake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve gotten a few requests for the oatcake I made last week. Think of it as the Irish equivalent of cornbread. Think of it as the sacred bread of a goddess-saint. Think of it as breakfast. Think of it as dessert. Think of it on your countertop, steaming defiantly in the face of winter. Feast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2010/02/08/infamous-imbolc-oatcake/</link>
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		<title>Fennel with Pearled Barley Risotto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted a photo of my dinner to Twitter last night, and enough people asked about it that I thought I&#8217;d post a formula. My dear husband is a scientist at heart. He does not understand how I can bear to cook without thoroughly documenting results, but I often do. It&#8217;s not that I set [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2010/01/22/fennel-with-pearled-barley-risotto/</link>
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		<title>Tony&#8217;s Tamales: Red Hots &amp; Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article originally ran in the November 12 issue of the Jackson Free Press. It&#8217;s 6 o&#8217;clock on a Wednesday evening, and a steady stream of cars is queued at the drive-up window at Tony&#8217;s Tamales. Robert Mosley is leaning over a microphone, running the register and taking customers&#8217; orders in rapid-fire. His wife, Pat, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2009/12/04/tonys-tamales-red-hots-blues/</link>
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		<title>Benefit for JPD Officer &amp; Capoeirista Ivory &#8220;Magia&#8221; Harris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our friend and Capoeira instructor, Officer Ivory Harris, is with the Jackson Police Department, 3rd Precinct.  His apartment caught fire several days ago through a faulty electrical outlet and he lost everything, including his beloved Teacup Chihuahua,  BeeGee.  Officer Harris not only protects the City of Jackson but he donates his time and energy to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2009/09/24/benefit-for-jpd-officer-capoeirista-ivory-magia-harris/</link>
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		<title>My very first food column!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been blogging much, but it doesn&#8217;t mean I haven&#8217;t been writing. My first food column ran yesterday in the Jackson Free Press. It&#8217;s called Salad Days: Avoiding Lettuce Burnout, and includes recipes for a deconstructed pesto salad and a cookout-friendly Grilled Caesar. If you&#8217;re so inclined, please login and leave feedback!]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.birdofparadox.com/2009/06/25/my-very-first-food-column/</link>
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