Tag Archives: chocolate

F is for Fabulist

Is anyone concerned about this news that the earth may be running out of chocolate? I don’t want to seem dramatic about it but I’m not sure life is worth living without chocolate. Now, I know what you’re thinking, But Madame … Continue reading

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Things I Stuck In My Mouth As A Child And Other Important Memories

One spring day, young Heidi climbed up the kitchen stepladder, reached into the back of the cabinet and located what appeared to be a luscious chunk of chocolate. Now, growing up in a house filled with dieters, I knew it … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day Madame Paradox Style

How it is that a pseudo holiday with all sorts of bloody origins ended up being the official gushy lovetastic extravaganza that is Valentine’s Day, only Hallmark really knows. Be that as it may, I shall honor the day with … Continue reading

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Your Halloween Cauldron of Silliness

Halloween or Samhain was a celtic tradition.  Villagers would gather to celebrate the change of seasons.  A time they believed when the wall between the spirit and mortal worlds grew thin.  A time when suburban mothers who couldn’t really sew, … Continue reading

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Sensitive Skin, One Reason I’m Not A Prima Ballerina

Sometime around the age of four I became obsessed with ballerinas.  I don’t know if it was the tutu or the toe shoes or the reenacted fairy tales but for whatever reason, I was intrigued.  The only thing I wanted … Continue reading

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