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Apples!
All the best ones are out of reach.
Last weekend we drove up to Larriland Farm in Howard County to pick apples. I remember picking apples as a kid, but it wasn’t something we did every year. What I don’t remember is what we did with all the apples we brought home! We […]

For the first time, this week, I made active changes in what I was buying at the store as a concession to inflation. I had been conserving and trimming luxuries for a while, but yesterday marked the first time I downgraded in the selections I was making. It’s not that we haven’t been […]

Dragonflies mating on our porch post.
I went outside this afternoon to enjoy the unseasonably warm day, and after my mole eyes adjusted to the sun, I noticed a pair of dragonflies mating on our porch. These dragonflies have been around the yard for a while now, and I also see them in the town […]

The whole kit and kaboodle, pre-baking.
I think I’ve mentioned that I’m dealing with a bit of a squash situation? Right. Last week’s efforts involved an upgrade of squash-baked-with-garlic that was inspired by a recipe at Simply Recipes (a site I use as a starting point for both new ingredients and classics that I […]

Obama’s shot over the stern: fire those execs!
John’s plan: I would completely cripple the government’s ability to do anything by not collecting any taxes!
No, actually, I don’t think there are a lot of Americans qualified to be the Secretary of the Treasury. Really, I don’t. And that’s okay, let’s just be honest about […]

Nicetameetcha! Here we go.
Stop voting with your party! Support a platform that goes against your principles and the people that you represent!
Did she just say ‘Joe Six-Pack’? And the ubiquitous ‘band together,’ gah, she sounds like one of my students. [Not that there’s anything wrong with them, they’re just, you know, […]

Wild persimmons.
Last year we foraged wild (American) persimmons from an undisclosed location in our county. All the hippies we know seemed to be wild about the fruit, and having stumbled across a few trees we decided to give them a try. Persimmons being extremely astringent when not quite ripe, it was hard to […]