Word: cereality
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...Pulitzer Prize for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which detailed nearly nine decades in the life of a housewife turned gardening columnist; of complications from breast cancer; in Victoria, B.C. Rejecting the idea that fiction must be high concept, she said, "I wanted wallpaper in my novels, cereal bowls, cupboards ... head colds, cramps...
...thought of a magical place where cereal grows on trees, and its correspondingly idyllic moniker of “Battle Creek,” perfectly captured the cereal attitude that I have lived with my whole life...
...recognition, a phenomenon that had been waning since 1991 when Kellogg’s last named the city in a commercial. Nothing is more refreshing nowadays than to announce where I live and have someone follow it with, “That’s where they make the cereal, right?” Obviously, some people have been paying more attention to the side of the box—or where they send their box tops to get the free prize—than I thought...
There are always a few mix-ups. “That’s where General Mills is, isn’t it?” Sadly, Minneapolis stakes this claim, preventing us from holding the cereal Triple Crown and I always feel a tinge of guilt stemming from the almost sacrilegious box of General Mills cereal that is wedged into my cupboard...
It’s easy to feel lost in the Midwest, especially when you don’t live in once of the big cities whose names people would recognize. But I will continue to proclaim that my birthplace is also the birthplace of cereal and with these commercials behind me, maybe I can retire my hand from its position as an atlas...