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O Grey River, Your Waters Ramble Wild

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Amal El-Mohtar

Two years ago, the area in which I live saw a lot of flooding. My family’s home is behind the 100-year flood line, and we were very, very lucky — with a lot of help from family and friends, a … Continue reading →

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EATING THE FANTASTIC: Revisiting Helsinki with Scott Edelman

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Amal El-Mohtar

In which Scott Edelman & I chat for over two hours over delicious food in Helsinki! Continue reading →

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October: A Summary

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Amal El-Mohtar

I feel like if I don’t start writing about all the beautiful things I’ve experienced this year, they’ll just vanish and maybe have never been. I’ve had “Blog the Summer” on my to-do list since the first week of September, … Continue reading →

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When I Think of Winter

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Amal El-Mohtar

It’s been unseasonably warm this autumn; on Saturday I was still wearing light jackets over summer dresses in the balmy 14 degree days, surreal when there’s so little daylight left to go around. This is not, typically, what November looks … Continue reading →

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Open unto the fields, and to the sky

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Amal El-Mohtar

Happy 214th birthday to “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802,” one of a handful of Wordsworth poems that don’t make me roll my eyes into the nearest ditch. Yesterday I put on a big woolly jumper to go for … Continue reading →

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Glories of the morning

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Amal El-Mohtar

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Yesterday, in Flowers

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Amal El-Mohtar

This gallery contains 7 photos.

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Verified! A Play in One Acct.

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Amal El-Mohtar

I can hardly even believe this happened! For those of you unfamiliar with Twitter, that little blue checkmark next to my name is the coveted VERIFIED badge, confirming that “an account of public interest is authentic.” My account is of … Continue reading →

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I don’t think you’re ready

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Amal El-Mohtar

…for this jelly. And not counting the pile by the sink, there are still two full buckets of apples to get through! Everything is apples! Beautiful fragrant delicious apples! Meanwhile the day is rainy and cool. Today is for tea … Continue reading →

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My Apple Tree, My Brightness

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Amal El-Mohtar

I woke at 6:30 and worked until evening, alternating between academic stuff and being absorbed into Nisi Shawl’s Everfair, except for a blissful interlude with my sister and nephew. As the evening dipped into pink and gold, my mother exhorted me to Take a … Continue reading →

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