Girls dressed in pink tulle, tutus and sparkly ballet shoes flit and twirl across their pretend stage.  Spritely young jousters parry and thrust invisible swords to ward off imagined foes. The lobby of the Seattle Opera house is abuzz with Lilliputian ballerina wanna-be’s. Big Papa and I wait …

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My copy of ‘The Cuisine of Armenia’ by Sonia Uvezian arrived in the mail today (thank you Amazon.com). If it weren’t for the fact that the Urban Cabin’s kitchen is still mid-remodel, I’d be diving right in …

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On the first day of adopting my true love gave to me, one apostilled dossier

On the second day of adopting my true love gave to me, two governments’ approval

On the third day of adopting my true love gave to me, ...

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