These days I mostly try not to write. My life is so full of work and family and weeding. But every now and then, my brain starts to itch and the only way to scratch that itch is writing. This is where you will find my most recent scratchings.
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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 beans and noodles together I promise myself I will remember how good the combination is. And every time, two days out, I forget again and think “Pasta? With beans? Wouldn’t that be weird?” Last night’s incarnation involved leftover penne mixed with leftover lentil soup thawed…
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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 be a nice collection of great reading. I will be deleting the Readers’ Blogs list from the sidebar, and I’m not going to spend the time to hand-transfer all those links, so it’s up to you. Don’t miss out on the fun!
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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 canning jars to sewing supplies to Marx– all arranged tastefully with that spare, cleaned up, dumpster art punk style. The extraordinarily tall window was half boarded up with opaque plexiglass, but the top was open to the world and the breeze was billowing out a…
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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! So, order away. Here’s a link to the original post, with more info and Paypal ordering details. Apron Stringz Zine, Issue #1: Getting Shit Done (With Kids)
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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 milk over my kiddos’ homemade granola. Particularly on the days that they refuse to eat anything else. I have tried to support those same farmers by buying their cream, butter and half and half too, but I find the high fat products get a ‘cowy’…
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