About "muffin none the wiser"

about "muffin"

I'm part of a large, extended family of Boomer-into-Gen-X Irish-Catholic subculture.  Dozens of 1st cousins - and more dozens of theirs - on my dad's side alone, including other Mary Donovans. 

Story goes:  when my younger brother Mark tried to say Mary Frances, it came out "Muffin," which got a laugh and stuck.  As I grew older the name embarrassed me, for reasons that might be obvious (see Betty White hosting SNL) ...  But as I wheel through middle-age now, it's come to sound endearing, from cousins or friends. 

Why not own it, embrace it? Stamp it on this cozy place to reflect, muse, connect?

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about "none the wiser"

As many years and as widely as I've wandered and wondered about Life (having been born at all) and Being (a specific life-form) and Death (which renders those meaningful) ... I can't say I've gained any particular wisdom.  Anyway, trying to discover and synthesize and become -- still more than worth it.  I like this synonym from the MacMillan Dictionary:

"your guess is as good as mine." 

Welcome, fellow wonderers and wanderers!

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P.S.  in case you landed here searching for oven-baked muffins, here's a link with 60 recipes, about which I'm none the wiser.  Happy baking: 

https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/muffin-recipes-worth-waking-up-for/

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P.P.S.  in case you're curious about my work-a-day life:  https://som.georgetown.edu/medicaleducation/the-deans/#donovan

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