Category: Life Musings
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Random Things That Have Improved My Life | Writer’s Edition
Welcome back to another installment of Random Things That Have Improved My Life! This time, it’s the stuff that has really helped my writerly life. I’m not talking about stuff that’s helped my career or honed my prose necessarily, but I am talking about stuff that all in all, makes…
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What’s In A Name (or To Pen Name or Not to Pen Name….)
My name is Alexandra Solmaz Sharabianlou You can call me Lexie (and if you forget, you can just peek up at the url). Back in my fetal era, when my parents were discussing names, they made a key naming decision. If I showed up on delivery day as a girl,…
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Perfect Rainy Day Pot Roast
yield: 8 SERVINGS prep: 30 MINUTES cook: 4 HOURS total: 4 HOURS 30 MINUTES Publishing this recipe that I sent around in my newsletter last year! I’m making it tomorrow for a friend, hopefully it turns out just as good. Adapted from Damn Delicious’ recipe. My changes include adding bay…
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Random Things That Have Improved My Life | Jouissance!
Welcome to random things that improved my life! An article series about the little things, whether they’re habits or hobbies, practices or purchases, that have helped me with my life in general. Originally, this was going to be one article, but then, after 5K words, I was like lex, this…
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On Why I Love Reading/Writing/Cooking/Talking About/Eating Good Food
After being asked in a free lance writing job posting why I love writing, talking about, and eating food, this is what I came up with. It is NOT going in the application. It is now a blog post/personal essay.
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Best Damn Buffalo Chicken Sandwich Recipe
Best Damn Buffalo Chicken Sandwich Recipe Some of my best recipes come from the desperation of late night hunger and the opportunity of a sparse cupboard. This is one of those recipes. After a wildly successful barbecue in my apartment building’s verdant courtyard, as always I was left with tons…
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Excellent Socks for an Excellent Blog Post
I actually don’t know if this will be an excellent blog post, but without a doubt those are excellent socks.