A friend of mine told me once about her mother-in-law who instead of saying “make toast,” she says “make a toast,” for breakfast or a snack. There’s something about the phrasing there that made it stay with me, I think about it all the time, especially every time I make toast for myself or anyone else. It is both lyrical and directive. And the fact that…
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