If you saw the Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, well, so did I. But we went there in person. I was trying to represent Southwest Virginia. Trying. Usually I get chopped off in the Preliminaries, but I made it to the Semifinals this time- the top 42 spellers in America. … Continue reading »
A very interesting thing happened a couple days ago- me thinks not a coincidence, either. On Wednesday of last week, my grandpa passed away. Grandpa had some things that he really liked to talk about, among them: His belief that God used T-Rex to segue into the modern chicken. The sharp cheese produced in a … Continue reading »
You know what topic really should be a bigger part of the American conversation? (Please comment your guesses before reading the remainder of this post.) Observe the following not-hot-enough topics: Wild mushrooms. The absurdities of canned and bottled cheese. The sacrilege of spray waffles. Getting the kids into a good college without a cartoony animal … Continue reading »
You know how usually I get into talking about all my foodie crap? Fancy language, like, poems about asparagus and odes to oats. Well today I have a helper who enjoys waffles and good strawberries, so I’m not going to do any of that, um, maybe. Let’s try this. This morning we made waffles, gleefully … Continue reading »
Would you like to hear a story? Well TOO BAD. Here’s one anyway. There once was a family who had an asparagus patch. They didn’t take good care of it at all. Then one spring, some ACTUALLY CAME UP. And then they ate it in 5-spear increments, practically as a garnish. And they were mad … Continue reading »
Friends, the day has come. Actually a couple days ago, but we only harvested 3 spears. It was rather sad. Dad doesn’t love asparagus, so Mom and I ate them all greedily in a bacon-pasta-white-wine-ish dish before he got home from work. And also, on the first day, we harvested one spear. I’m trying to … Continue reading »
Friends, something has happened. Something big. Something huge. Something gi-NORM-ous. We have been fooling around with chives and lettuce and the last creamy sweet potatoes. Observe the packed-to-the-gills greenhouse below. If you’ve noticed, I’m getting a little impatient.Wonderful Waffles for Waiting. Succumbing to the occasional but usually crappy box of supermarket strawberries. Gushing about our cute … Continue reading »
