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It’s been a while WordPress.  There were some significant life changes in the past few years.  I quit a job I loved, then became political and then didn’t hate, but really had a hard time with, due to those same … Continue reading →

Don’t be stupid like me and put a sharp knife (used for whatever purpose) into the sink where it can be obscured by veg.  You will get cut.

You will get burned eventually.  Don’t sweat it.

This week has been a busy canning week!  Everything is ripe.  But, because we finally ate up the last jar of applesauce from 2009 in August, (I made an overabundance, being able to pick up burlap bags full of seconds … Continue reading →

So, on Friday, as we were having a family dinner, I made the best burger that I’ve ever made.  They were awesomely nummy-goodness-sex-in-your-mouth. So, without further ado, here’s the recipe. 2 lbs ground beef 1 tbsp cumin powder 1 tsp … Continue reading →

It occurs to me, as I have spent the better part of my “time off” either sewing or reading since January, that sewing is fast becoming a lost art.  I’d like to be working with my kids to change this, … Continue reading →

Much of this post is a repeat from one I did a few years ago, but here, in the great, cold north, we’ve not even begun our starts yet because it’s been too cold.  So I give you how to … Continue reading →

Potato brushes.  Everyone’s seen them and they’re in every grocery store in the continental US and Canada, right? Sigh.  So I thought too.  But the lowly potato brush is nowhere to be found.  No grocery store in town has them.  … Continue reading →

Originally posted on robertscribbler:
(Gigatons of Carbon in various fossil fuel reserves vs amount of carbon already released into the atmosphere. Figure based on 2007 estimates. Wealth for fossil fuel companies, a terrible liability, or a vast threat to life…