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One of the more pleasant accounts I follow on social media is by a “mudlark” — someone who scavenges for lost and discarded items in a riverbank, especially on the river Thames. I enjoy the tidbits of information about history, culture, industry and fashion she shares along with photos of her finds; but even more, … Continue reading "Dear Piggy"
Hello, parents of adult children. How you doing? Things are so much easier now than when your kids were little, right? Yeah, I know. Kind of yes, but also very much no. Things are easier because you’re not constantly fixing snacks and breaking up fights and soothing them through night terrors. But they’re also so harder because . . . … Continue reading "Parents of older kids: You’re not done yet"
Happy Friday! Today’s post will be largely about the treehouse I’m building, but with a surprising amount of food. Well, I was surprised, anyway. Here’s what we had: SATURDAY Leftover delite We stopped at a few yard sales while we were out shopping, and didn’t find much, but then someone was giving away these gorgeous … Continue reading "What’s for supper? Vol. 481: Free to be… you, a bee"
My garden, if I may say so, is doing great this year. I added many native perennials to my flower beds, but my pride and joy is the food I am growing. My peaches, apples and grapes are bounteous, my pumpkins are unstoppable, carrots are coming in strong, my sweet corn is putting out tassels … Continue reading "More than many potatoes"
Happy Friday! I just want to say thank you to so many people who were so kind and sympathetic about my dumb ocean scare the other week. It’s crazy that it’s something that it’s such an incredibly common experience, but it was still genuinely traumatic. It really got to me. But I have been feeling … Continue reading "What’s for supper? Vol. 480: Peter Piper, meet Mike Mulligan"
Sorry for not getting this out on Friday! But I assure you, it is Monday. I can tell because I’m on my backup to the backup computer, and it took my all weekend to figure out how to persuade it that I UNDERSTAND simchafisher.com is a suspicious website, but I really do want to go … Continue reading "What’s for supper? Vol. 479: It is Monday, my dudes"
Remember the Shake Weight? Remember the Abdominizer? Remember the Ab Roller, ThighMaster, Bowflex Xtreme? Once we believed all we had to do was buy this stuff, set it up, and inevitably proceed to become ripped, buff, jacked, swole, or achieve buns of steel, possibly for only five easy payments of $19.99. Maybe we tried these … Continue reading "Body weight"
Happy Friday! This was not an illustrious week for us, food-wise, or really in any way, but at least it’s Friday. FRIDAY Ice cream, then tuna noodle Friday we did go see the Bellows Falls petroglyphs in the late afternoon, as planned. I’m more skeptical than I was that they are really ancient — at … Continue reading "What’s for supper? Vol. 478: Accidental pork fried candy"
We saw The Odyssey (2026) last night. I give Christopher Nolan credit for making a nearly three-hour film that moves briskly. It was entertaining throughout. It had a few good characters, and some scenes and bits I truly enjoyed, including some that Nolan made up. It was not discernibly woke. But overall, I left the … Continue reading "Nolan’s Odyssey wants it both ways and gets neither"
Happy Friday! Today I am working outside and feeling pretty lucky about it! But also pretty abashed that I haven’t gotten a food post done in A WHILE. I am sorry! We had our huge July 4th (well, 5th) family party, My niece brought me something like fifteen different perennials from her garden, and … Continue reading "What’s for supper? Vol. 477: Parasite by the dashboard light"
