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Nov 5, 2024
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BOOSTED!  Top Stories and articles highlighted by Medium.Medium curated articles and stories selected as top writing.
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The Memoirist
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Arpad Nagy
Irreconcilable Regrets: How I Blew My Shot at a Michelin Star KitchenWhen ruminating over past missteps, this one takes the lead and still leaves me stupefied.
Nov 5, 2024
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Nov 5, 2024
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First Line Fiction
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Arpad Nagy
Brownies and CreamWhen a minor annoyance takes a surprising turn to something more, folklore and a mother’s worry work to even the score
Sep 2, 2024
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Sep 2, 2024
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On Reflection
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Arpad Nagy
Patriarchy by Principle (or Principal in this case): Are We Getting Any Better?What messages are we sending to the next generation?
Jun 26, 2024
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Jun 26, 2024
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The Book Cafe
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Arpad Nagy
Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch — An Audiobook Review.A WWII story of Eastern European children and their experiences in Nazi slave labour camps.
Jun 11, 2024
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Jun 11, 2024
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Artisanal Article Machine
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Arpad Nagy
May Long Weekend — The Great Canadian Pre-Summer WelcomeThe legendary holiday weekend is the worst-first excursion for winter-weary Canadians with a “Camp or Die” mentality
May 22, 2024
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May 22, 2024
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Artisanal Article Machine
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Arpad Nagy
Canvasses on Iron CaravansArt will find a way — expressions in Graffiti
May 10, 2024
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May 10, 2024
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The Book Cafe
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Arpad Nagy
The Institute by Stephen King — An Audiobook ReviewA gifted child, a forlorn former police officer, and a government shadow program with highly questionable methods and motives place this…
Apr 21, 2024
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Apr 21, 2024
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The Book Cafe
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Arpad Nagy
A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne-A Book ReviewGreat storytellers live forever, and this adventure tale remains one for the ages
Apr 13, 2024
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Apr 13, 2024
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On Reflection
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Arpad Nagy
A Single Piece of Paper, Pressed the Weight of Abandonment into My BonesIt’s 51 years after her death, and for the first time, I feel a connection to a mother I never knew
Apr 10, 2024
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Apr 10, 2024
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The Book Cafe
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Arpad Nagy
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim-An Audiobook ReviewA modern, American mystery surround the missing father of a Korean American family with a neurodivergent son and the “Happiness Quotient”…
Apr 1, 2024
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Apr 1, 2024
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The Memoirist
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Arpad Nagy
The Bully I Wish We Could Have StoppedEveryday bullies are a nuisance issue; it’s the destroyers that do the real damage and my hometown had a monster
Apr 8, 2024
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Apr 8, 2024
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The Book Cafe
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Arpad Nagy
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert — A Book ReviewAn epic saga of family, fortitude, nature, science and discovery of self and the intricacies of a life lived in pursuit of understanding
Mar 20, 2024
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Mar 20, 2024
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The Book Cafe
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Arpad Nagy
Dirt by Bill Buford — A Book ReviewSerious chefs and cooks are obsessive sensualists. Everything about the preparation of food strums the chords of our souls and this book…
Feb 26, 2024
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Feb 26, 2024
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Artisanal Article Machine
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Arpad Nagy
My Wife, The Sweetheart Teacher, Every Kid’s Mom, is a Secret Gangster.Maybe husbands shouldn’t pull the curtain back and see what kind of wizardry it takes to be a working mom, spouse, and life manager
Feb 24, 2024
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Feb 24, 2024
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Fanfare
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Arpad Nagy
Lessons in Chemistry — A Review After Binge-Watching the Apple TV MiniseriesBrie Larson and the cast of this excellent drama deliver a thoroughly entertaining story about a woman standing up against the cultural ster
Feb 8, 2024
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Feb 8, 2024
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The Memoirist
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Arpad Nagy
A Father’s Death, a Boyfriend’s Murder, and an Abandonment by a BrotherFailed resolutions and broken bonds
Jan 12, 2024
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Jan 12, 2024
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Kitchen Tales
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Arpad Nagy
Canard Confit et Navet en Pâtisserie — Duck Confit with Apple-poached Turnips in Pastry.The Christmas Party Main Course, with a side show of Duck Breast on Strawberry Gastrique. — Be not afraid, the process is long but not…
Jan 7, 2024
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Jan 7, 2024
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Fictions
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Arpad Nagy
The Sidhe Fairies of Hayshem’s PotHoping to raise their young daughter in safer surroundings, a family moves from Dublin to the idyllic rural village of Hayshem’s Pot…
Nov 20, 2023
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Nov 20, 2023
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Fanfare
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Arpad Nagy
The Film That Scared Me Most as an Adult: The Blair Witch ProjectFrom the hype to the viewing, nightmares weren’t the problem — the waking hours haunted my mind.
Oct 9, 2023
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Oct 9, 2023
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Age of Empathy
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Arpad Nagy
“Is Being an Adult Fun?”A candid conversation about life as a grown-up with my kid.
Oct 7, 2023
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Oct 7, 2023
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