Category Archives: Books

Busting nutrition misinformation. The sky will not fall-

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Julia Barrett

if your kids don’t eat their broccoli. It all begins with the senses- in particular our inter-related senses of taste and smell. The tongue can taste sweet, salty, sour, bitter and savory or what we now call umami. We also have … Continue reading →

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My hair person made me look like Rizzo from Grease so I had to bake an emergency pie.

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Julia Barrett

Rizzo has always been my fave. We have lots in common. I won’t say what, exactly, but lots. Even though we are generations apart. Sandy I was not, but during my anorexic days I could have fit into those skin-tight black … Continue reading →

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Covers Covers Everywhere…

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Julia Barrett

Ya know, I’m trying to find the right cover for Winnerland and so I’ve gone back and forth from a very evocative cover to a stark literary cover and back to the cover that initially drew me in. I’ve received … Continue reading →

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Jake’s World. The Poop and Pee Free Zone.

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Julia Barrett

So Jake glanced at the sign, walked on by, and I assumed he was heading to the next yard. But he stopped suddenly, turned around, went right up to the sign, took a good look at it, sniffed it just to … Continue reading →

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The Dog Ate My Emails and Other Fractured Fairy Tales.

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Julia Barrett

Excerpts from The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey: (The author says it better than I ever could. The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey, is a brilliant and entertaining fictionalized version of the mystery of Richard the III and the … Continue reading →

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