Customer Subdues Robber With Applesauce

A customer at a city grocery tackled an armed robber and beat him with a can of applesauce when he refused to drop his gun, police said.

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Ooh, there's a beauty. Pale green kissed with yellow, freckled and about the size of my fist, hanging from a thick, gnarled branch just within reach. Got it!

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Curbit, the Happy Happy Pumpkin

Curbit was just an average to small pumpkin. Sometimes she felt smaller than she was. She'd spent her whole life, all summer and midway into autumn trying so hard to grow big and plump. The life purpose of a pumpkin is to be useful and Curbit believed she had to be big.

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Best. Latkes. Ever. - an installment of "How to Cook Like Me"

Yeah, I know, it's day 6 of the 8-day Festival of Lights. I had planned to make a video, or even a photo essay, but could find no co-conspirators, so I'll just have to give the recipe, and the recipe is what it's all about. To make about 8 small latkes (potato pancakes):

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