I made a great meal on Sunday. Since I invented it on the spot I think I will record it now so I can make it again sometime ( Read more... )

Poll Quick reality check: how common is commuting by car?

The only thing in my head right now is a "to do" list ( Read more... )

The honeysuckle is winning ( Read more... )

You know all those meetings I go to (more a few years ago than now) trying to turn my town into a resilient sustainable community to handle Peak Oil and the end of the dollar and the general issues associated with living in an undeveloping nation ( Read more... )

I've made this recipe about four times now this year without writing down the recipe for good reason: it is specifically designed to mix up late summer vegetables and using what you have on hand is pretty much the point.  But last time we ate it the menfolk in my family really exclaimed over it, so it's time to write it down.  Plus, we're about to ( Read more... )

The apple tree I planted (five years ago?) is filled with red apples, looking like a child's crayon drawing of an apple tree.

B. says he loves the taste of the apples.

Small Boy reports that he wants to make scones with them.

Some twenty years ago I made an apple pie for my new husband, and he declared that he liked his mother's better.  I have not made an apple pie since ( Read more... )

The aging nuclear power plant just up the river is being shut down ( Read more... )

Small Boy and I made a batch of sweet pickle relish today. When we were done, there was some of the pickling syrup leftover. I recalled a kale recipe that used vinegar, and thought, why not? It's not like I was going to ruin kale with syrup ( Read more... )