The Savagely Effective Mace
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Mark S.
I once said that the most Primal piece of exercise equipment was the clubbell, but I think I may have been wrong – I was forgetting all about the mace.Rather than fend off purse-snatchers and kidnappers (like the one to the right might do), the mace we’re interested in fends off muscle atrophy (although I suppose you could use it as a w ...
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Monhegan Mace Cookies
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Meg W.
Last week, a reader, Christine, asked if I knew of any good sugar-free/flour free cookie recipes. I thought of just THE one. My friend Judy Wohl brought these delicious cookies to a recent macrobiotic potluck at my friend Kosia's house. Here's the recipe. Enjoy! And thanks, Judy.MONHEGAN MACE COOKIES DRY INGREDIENTS1 cup oats1 1/2 cups spelt flou ...
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Contest: Show Your Lunch. Get Maced.
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Mark S.
The Prize:A short mace! We’ve talked maces before; they’re Primal, they’re effective, and they’re so darned fun. Today’s mace comes from Stronger Grip. No overseas, mass-produced, Wal-Mart brand fitness here. These things are hand crafted by Ryan Pitts in his garage in a small town in Iowa. He sent me one a few weeks b ...
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Purcellville pride: Spec. Stephan Lee Mace
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Barbara C.
This was my biweekly column for the Purcellville Gazette 10/16:Purcellville: A Love StoryI am not a native of Purcellville, just - like so many others - a wanna-be, twice-removed.Following high school (O'Connell) and college (George Mason), I headed west in 1972 for San Francisco. Thirty years later, I returned with 23 California natives - husban ...
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Loudoun County Supervisors honor Stephan Lee Mace
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Barbara C.
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to adopt a resolution of honor and respect for Army Specialist Stephan L. Mace, a Purcellville native who was one of eight soldiers killed earlier this month in Afghanistan. The resolution reads as follows:"WHEREAS, Specialist Fourth Class Stephan Lee Mace with seven of his comrad ...
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Purcellville: honoring Stephan Lee Mace October 12
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Barbara C.
Western Loudoun has lost one of our own.
Stephen Lee Mace, 21, of Lovettsville was killed on Oct. 3 in
Afghanistan as part of the United States Operation Enduring Freedom.
He will be arriving at Leesburg Airport on Sunday the 11th time TBD and
transported to Hall's Funeral Home in Purcellville. His funeral is
scheduled for Monday at 1:00 at Pur ...
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Motorcade for Purcellville's Stephan Mace 10/11
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Barbara C.
Let's show our support by bringing our families out to pay tribute to one of our own who gave his life.Our family plans to get up early to pay our respects when the motorcade passes Sunday morning: Loudoun County, VA: Law enforcement agencies in Loudoun County will be escorting the body of fallen soldier and Purcellville, VA resident Stephan L. Mac ...
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Stephan Lee Mace - Purcellville says thank you and goodbye
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Barbara C.
Check back for more updates. Here's what's been reported so far:FOX News Channel 5: Fallen Virginia Soldier Remembered, including the following video:Channel 8: Family, Friends Gather to Remember Fallen SoldierChannel 3: Funeral Honors Fallen Purcellville SoldierLeesburg Today: Loudouners Join Mourning For Fallen Soldier
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Obama Afghanistan non policy - Stephan Mace remembered
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Barbara C.
Stephan Mace was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.He died October 3 in a terrorist ambush on a remote outpost in Afghanistan which killed 8 US troops - just 5 days after I posted While troops die, Obama parties hearty, ignores Afghanistan. Questions remain as to whether the lives of Stephan and his fellow soldiers would have been sav ...
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