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Second Time's the Charm

For the seventh day of our 12 Days of 4-Star blogging excursion, we revisited one our favorite local outings, spoken word with Ms. Deana Dean at Soul Restoration! Previously featured in our article I Heard the Word we set out to feed our souls and our bellies as we sampled some of the savory vegan... Read more »

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December 7, 2012 at 10:05 pm

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I Heard the (Spoken) Word, and It Was Good

There are 1,013,913 words in the English language. And it’s rumored that the Eskimo have over 50 words for snow. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of words. Add that to the ever growing number of insults and expletives creeping their way into our vocabulary (seriously, did ‘f- bomb’ really need to... Read more »

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October 3, 2012 at 8:27 pm

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