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I Never Knew I Cared: A Reverie on Ding-Dongs and Thanksgiving

November 16, 2012 · by Bethany · in cultcha, family, food

Amidst the news of more war between Palestine and Israel, another power-dude sex scandal, and an impending fiscal cliff, this morning, on the treadmill, luxuriating in my TV fix, I heard that Hostess is going out of business. Now, as…

If You’re in a Shopping Mood, you Can Pre-Order this Book (in Which I Just Happen to Have an Essay)

September 18, 2012 · by Bethany · in family, food, non-fiction, obsessions

Last year, just as I was fixing to prepare my very first Thanksgiving dinner, the lovely people Lisa Catherine Harper and Caroline Grant asked me if I would like to write a piece about “mindful eating” for a book of…

ABOUT ME
My name is Bethany Saltman. I am 50 years old.

From as far back as I can remember, I have been searching for my place in the world. When my husband worked in a nursing home, there was an old lady there who used to repeat, "Is this my chair? Is this my chair?" I can relate to that lady.

My website is bethanysaltman.com, and my email is bethanysaltman@gmail.com.

ABOUT THIS SITUATION
I started this blog because I was so deeply fatigued by waiting for word on Non-Fiction Book Proposal #3 that, for the first time in my life, I needed something to do.

And because I was so over the hope that if I did this, or that, or the other thing just right, and schmoozed the perfect contact, crafted the most riveting pitch, delivered the juiciest proposal, then, then.....

I finally decided to just write what I want to write.

So that's the situation.

I Never Knew I Cared: A Reverie on Ding-Dongs and Thanksgiving

If You’re in a Shopping Mood, you Can Pre-Order this Book (in Which I Just Happen to Have an Essay)

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