As it stands, there will be no more raw milk allowed in California next month. I'm really upset about this because I drink raw milk every day and use it to make Kate's homemade baby formula ( Read more... )

"Sleigh Ride"

J Mitchell Parish, Leroy Anderson, 1948

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too ( Read more... )

It was a grey day in LA. Rainy and cold and dreary. This kind of weather is so rare in LA, so when it happens, it's kind of fun. Like a snow day or a blackout ( Read more... )

Daddy came home from a day trip to Denver (left at 6 am, back home at 9 pm) and went in to look at baby while she slept ( Read more... )

I had to go to the dentist this afternoon (they are putting in a crown on the crownless root canal tooth I had worked on before Kate was born). Driving home from downtown around 4:30 pm, I got to see the most spectacular sunset ( Read more... )

So much to do... today Kate and I are going to Whole Foods and Rawesome. If there's time (I doubt it but maybe) we will stop off at the YMCA. I want to find out about their swimming classes for babies ( Read more... )

Kate is down for the night. I'm soaking raw pumpkin seeds (from the pumpkins I used for pumpkin pie) and simmering the turkey carcass to make stock ( Read more... )

Leaf lard rendered and cooled - CHECK ( Read more... )

Tonight, for the first time in my life, I rendered lard ( Read more... )

This diet we are on is working ( Read more... )