Author: Calamity Jane

  • Dinner Every Night: Pasta with Lentils

    I never get too far away from this subject in my mind, apparently: the challenge of putting good food on the table day after day, after day, after day. Though I have waxed poetic in the past, today’s revisit is purely practical. Pasta. With lentils. Damn is that some fine food! Every time I eat…

  • New Readers’ Blogs Page!

    That’s right, I think we finally outgrew the sidebar. Please check out the new page up top and, if you write a blog, add it to the list as a comment. If you don’t write a blog, wait a few days for the list to grow and then head over to check it out. Should…

  • Form or Function?

    I had the good fortune to meet some real punks recently. City-style art punks, living in a huge old  house that looked condemned from the outside. They had their space fixed up beautifully inside, with dozens of old bike frames hanging from the extremely high ceilings, ramshackle shelves made of reclaimed wood displaying everything from…

  • Zines Still Available

    A few people have emailed to ask if the zine is still available or if they had waited too long and missed out. Absolutely not! I printed out a towering stack, and though I have sent most of that first batch out, I can always go print up more. The zine will be available indefinitely!…

  • Ghee: Frying Local

    I love our local farmers’ milk and buy a gallon every week. Non-homogenized, lightly pasteurized, sweet and creamy. I don’t actually drink milk much myself, but I appreciate the difference when I do– it is just delicious. I feel very good about supporting these local, real grass farmers and very, very good about pouring that…