Recent adventures in semiurban agriculture

One of the main things that caught our attention when we first saw our current house was its backyard. Originally, at least, it would all be for Kooper: he could run to his heart’s content, playing and chasing squirrels and whatnot. Of course, nothing ever works out according to the original plan, and [...]

Yup, I still exist.

Sorry. Been busy with house and work and school and band and garden and Wikipedia and Inauguration and California and and and and. You know the drill. Still around, though, and getting the blogging bug again. This’ll have to be a short post, though, as I have much to do yet [...]

Review of the New Year’s dish; also, ginger snow

As a refresher, please see my earlier post on this topic. Also, to reduce confusion, I will use the term “zapped” to refer to the heat that comes from chiles or horseradish or other such foods, and the term “hot” to refer to food that has a high temperature.
After soaking the peas for about [...]

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!

Happy new year, everyone. Make it a good one.

And finally, a plug

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