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Dried Beans: A Metaphor for a Life Holding Unknown Promises

Dana Bennett
Nov 3 · 6 min read

How I returned to soaking beans overnight and living more fully

I haven’t had the energy to cook from scratch for years. Well, some things, yes — quick easy things like scrambled eggs.

But starting with dried beans, the overnight soak, cooking and seasoning them into little soft pillows of delight? Then making chili with the juicy beans…

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Dana Bennett

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has survived, achieved many things. Storyteller. BAMus, Univ. of Hawaii. MHumanities, Univ. of Colorado Denver. Liver Transplant, Cleveland Clinic.

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