Word: bittersweetly
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Palmer’s songs tell gripping fairytales that are at times angry, often sad and always smart. She knows the importance of a singable hook, as in the bittersweet “Good Day.” But she isn’t afraid of straying from the typical pop song format in “Missed Me” and “Coin-Operated Boy.” The former, a song about statutory rape, relies on Palmer’s impressive vocals—which range from warm and frothy to agonizingly tortured?...
...standard” paprika, Zimmerman keeps nutmeg, fennel seed, caraway seed, oregano, allspice, mint leaves, curry powder, all purpose Greek seasoning, basil, dill weed, sage and ground ginger, to name a few. He also keeps sesame seed oil, barbecue sauce, honey, chopped green chilis, ground bittersweet chocolate and 25 different kinds...
...obligations and forced situations, meant to cut through, or at least distract from, the numb and searing emptiness of loss. For us, anecdotes—about her and her sayings and doings, even about our various ordeals in getting to the funeral—become a canon of bittersweet memory, the only way to break the terrible hush...
...Russell, Fantone’s play was bittersweet. Russell taught Fantone while still in Michigan...
...like a love-sick teenager, the book is not embarrassed to be earnest about either Craig and Raina's romance or their religion (in one panel, hormone-drunk Craig sees Raina as a vision from Song of Solomon). As their affair gets complicated, so does the novel, becoming a bittersweet meditation on family, faith, loss and memory...