A few days ago at the CSA pick-up, a member came in and said, “It’s snowing! It’s snowing!” Was it finally winter finally? By the time I got outside, the scant millimeter of snow that we got had melted and the skies were clear. And… Read More
Already I can see that the beginning of the new year is going to be a tug-of-war between the wanting-to-detox me, and the part of me that thinks that butter and cheese are inalienable rights to be defended Minutemen-style with muskets and bayonets. I know… Read More
My first year of graduate school, I lived down the street from an appallingly awkward airline-themed café. The space was pleasant with floor-to-ceiling windows. It had those lovely columns that fewer and fewer downtown places seem to want to retain. Apart from the odd collection… Read More
When people say that so-and-so “can’t boil an egg,” they generally mean to say that the person in question can’t cook. Insofar as idioms go, it’s a pretty silly one; there are a lot of people out there who cook all the time, who cook all… Read More
It’s hot out. It’s over 90°. The heat just saps my energy and makes me want to laze around the house until nightfall. I was eating celery sticks all afternoon, thinking that this was a healthy lunch. It probably wasn’t. Maybe for rabbits, but not… Read More
