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can
Kitchen cleaned to the near-clinical level I like for canning. I'm about to go up to my elbows in apples; if I never post again, you'll know a canning jar exploded and I was hit in the head with shrapnel. -
This Is A Stockup
I assume that in general the idea of stocking up and storing foods for the winter (like in the wonderful, wonderful first parts of Little House in the Big Woods) isn't necessary anymore, because we can pretty much go to the store whenever. (Is that true?)
I used to think it was funny in Betsy's Wedding when they're stocking up on foods and Aunt ( Read more... ) -
muy bonito (not that I'm eating bonito)
I am really into Japanese food all of a sudden. If "really into" can include someone who hasn't actually eaten any yet.
I might have had a couple of Japanese dishes in my life; I'm not sure. But I don't like seaweed, and there isn't a lot of vegetarian Japanese food, so it's not something I've ever sought out.
But I read a couple of books about ( Read more... ) -
ride
On Friday evening I said, "We should go on a sunrise bike ride tomorrow. We could get up before sunrise--it's really late right now--and go out riding on the trail ( Read more... ) -
First Ladies
Don't you think Laura Bush and Michelle Obama probably had a great time visiting today? -
reviews
There are a great many religious people on Goodreads, especially LDS people. It makes me wonder if it was publicized in some kind of LDS newsletter or something. So I've been reading a lot of religious-influenced reviews since I've been on there ( Read more... ) -
internal struggle
There's a local yarn store that I decided not to patronize anymore a couple of years ago. I'd been there several times and every time been treated rudely (I think it's ageism).
The problem? It's just a few blocks away from my apartment, and the next closest yarn store is ten miles away. I need two sets of needles for a project that I need to ( Read more... ) -
banned
Thing #67 that annoys me about "banned book" lists:
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
The list author says: ( Read more... ) -
rain
I just finished my last library book, but I have about a dozen waiting for me on the holdshelf at the library, but ( Read more... ) -
post-Newbery
It's been about a month since I finished reading all the Newberys (which happened to coincide with a lot of Newbery talk around the blogosphere, since just a day or two later, an opinion piece that basically said the Newberys were no good anymore was published in the School Library Journal, so I had a lot of good Newbery talk), and this is how it's ( Read more... )