A Case Study, C’est Moi
Yesterday, I spent the last half of the afternoon bouncing around on cloud nine, doing a mental happy dance. I hadn’t felt that good in a long, long time – and I’ll tell you why I was in such a great mood. I had my bloodwork follow-up appointment with My Flipping Awesome Doctor yesterday. Since [...]
Continuing the Journey of Rediscovering Simplicity
In addition to the milk in our delivery yesterday, I had requested a soft cheese-making kit. We have a bit of an overstock of milk currently, and I didn’t want it to start going bad. Making cheese would use up a gallon of milk – perfect. The kit consists of a small sheet of instructions, [...]
Cow Share Farm Visit
[originally posted at my other blog, Confounded By Quilting] Today was the day for the much-anticipated cow share farm visit at Our Farm & Dairy. It’s gorgeous and sunny out, completely, spectacularly beautiful at a balmy 18 degrees F. Fortunately, Mike’s mom got me some CuddleDuds for Christmas, and wowsers – these things are warm. [...]
I Made Butter!
And by “I made butter,” I mean, “I threw heavy whipping cream into the food processor for 15 minutes.” Seriously. That’s all it takes. My processor literally requires ear plugs to use for any time at all, so I put it in the dining room while I was making dinner the other night and let [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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