Blog – Delaney's Place

Grilled Shrimp Skewers

I was delighted to be invited to my first poolside cookout of the summer, but I didn’t know what to bring, and I was pressed for time. Shrimp skewers to the rescue!

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The Opportunity Costs of Authenticity

The concept of authenticity carries big hype these days because gurus puff up the positive emotions associated with living in our truth, but missing from the conversation is a warning label of the scary side effects associated with practicing authenticity.

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Suzanne

My divinely orchestrated discovery of Leonard Cohen’s classic from the 1960’s, channeled through the musical genius of lady Nina Simone. Soul stunner right here.

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Nina at Harlem

A painting of Nina Simone at Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969.

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12 Reminders for the Creative Life

Reminders to self on the creative life, shared at large.

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Make Bad Art & Take Up Space

Taking Shayna Klee’s advice to Make Bad Art and Take Up Space.

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2020’s A Wrap

2020 was a hard year for many, and I experienced my share of challenging moments. But overall, I had a wonderful year and a slew of memories for the keeping.

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Fast Heart Mart’s Vegan Faux-Cream Smoothie

San Diego-based musician Fast Heart Mart shares his very own vegan “ice cream” smoothie with me late one evening in a pizza joint. The rest is history.

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There Is a Vitality

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time,…

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Born Into Purple

The weekend scene and my solitudinous Sunday.

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Safe to Cry

How T. Swift’s latest single brought me to tears. Well, sobs actually.

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The Woman is 30 and Powerful

Celebrating my 30th on the finest coast.

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The Valentine Pancake

My valentine and I crack the code to the perfect pancake.

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[Keen and lovely man moved as in a dance]

Why did he give the job to somebody else? First read this poem in Marin County, CA, Christmastime 2019.

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Sujantra’s Matcha

Sujantra shares his simple matcha tea recipe.

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Moroccan Lentil Soup

Just do it.

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How To Feel Better #1: Drink Water

Pour yourself a cool glass.

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Chia Seed Pudding

A basic chia seed pudding recipe.

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Kelly’s Coffee

Kelly, unlike myself, likes to share her food and drink and, also unlike myself, has a million friends with whom to share the food and drink.

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Ta Ta, Old Selves

I discuss the emotional process of revisiting and then burning old journals of mine.

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Micah Shiva

In which Micah resurrects the flowers from the break room compost bin.

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Honey-Roasted Root Vegetables

A hearty and flavorful medley of roasted root vegetables to feed the soul during a northern winter.

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October Flora

A weekend in the life of a Minneapolitan.

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Marquette, Michigan: Then and Now

Eleven summers ago, I sat at a picnic table at the Lower Harbor and experienced Zen for the first time in my life.

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Baked Salmon Filet

A delicious route to Omega 3s.

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A Saturday in the Life

As much as possible these days, I play the game of intuition on the weekends. I have designed a “no plans” lifestyle for myself, which allows for complete freedom of being during my non-work hours.

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Organized Innocence

Whoever said that everything you need to know in life can be learned in high school English class was onto something.

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Let It Come

Letting it come is as powerful as letting it go.

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On Too Much Reading

I was reading too much.

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for here there is no place that does not see you

Many elements in my microcosmic corner of the universe have aligned such that the past 72 hours of my life have been a splendid pause of poetic experience. A pause…