July 12, 2023

Cold, cold, cold

Years (and YEARS) ago when the HM was newly out of basic training (and hence newly shorn), we could barely afford to heat the trailer where we lived. We shut…

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July 12, 2023

The Common Reader

THE COMMON READER There is a sentence in Dr. Johnson’s Gray which might well be written up in all those rooms, too humble to be called libraries, yet full of…

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July 12, 2023

Roasted Winter Vegetables

Recipe here It’s very flexible. You can use any combination of any of the following (or similar) vegetables: winter squash, parsnips, sweet potatoes, carrots, potatoes onions, kohlrabi, celery, cauliflower cut…

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July 12, 2023

Not So Recently Read books

I found this post in the saved drafts, but I can’t find that I actually posted it, so here’s an old list of books I read in August a coupld…

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July 12, 2023

Warning

If you’re ever tempted to have a precociously verbal toddler or preschooler listen to The Wind in the Willows, be prepared to find yourself suddenly being sassed with the phrase…

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July 12, 2023

3-2-1 Mac & Cheese

(be prepared for a whole slew of food posts over the next few days… I’ve been making a list of food posts to write for quite a while, but we’ve…

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July 12, 2023

Memento Mori. So Carpe Diem.

Thanks to all the kind comments regarding the passing of the Zeus Dog. Thanks to the DHM for posting the pictures and announcing his passing. That he is still missed,…

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July 12, 2023

Barley Apple Crockpot Cereal

(apples from our neighbor’s tree. so purtyful!) Thank you for all of your suggestions on barley! CR readers are a trove of amaaaazing information and ideas! I think I will…

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