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I’ve been reading about kedgeree in English novels all my life and decided to try it. This is regarded as intensely British food, meaning, they got the smoked fish from Scandahoovia and the curry and the basmati rice from India and where else does that kind of crazy happen except in Britain?
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Years ago, when I and the internet were much younger, I was in an internet group with other romance writers. Back then, youngsters, there was no Web, just networks of servers and users connected through landline phone modems and FTP file transfers– AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy, and so on. Genie was the corporate network for General
There’s been a fair bit of “life” lately, so today I’m revisiting an earlier hike on the skirts of Mt. Shuksan in the Mt. Baker Wilderness not far from our Pacific Northwest home. From September 2022: Our all-too-brief Pacific Northwest summer and mountain hiking are drawing to a close, and due to our various surgeries
A Rambling Writer Rerun: Hiking the Lake Ann Trail at Mt. Shuksan Read More »
I saw Salma Hayek in a YouTube video showing how to make this. Had to try it. This is very high octane, possibly because she didn’t measure the mezcal, and I didn’t either.
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Now that Thor is an adoring grandfather to little Octavia, he’s using his woodworking skills to make some special toys for her. Take it away, Thor:
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Once more, Thor, Reo dog, and I seized the day for a perfect end of summer bike ride and swim at nearby Lake Whatcom. After another challenging health year, things are looking up and strength returning, and I’m very happy to get on my bike again for some easy rides. This week, we had the
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Early in my marriage, wok cooking became fashionable. Everyone owned huge arrays of dried peppers and seaweeds, chili oils, rice wines, vinegars, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and mushroom soy sauce, regular garlic and elephant garlic, five kinds of dried mushrooms, black, white, and green cardamoms, raw ginger, pickled ginger, dried ginger, lime leaves,
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It’s hard to justify going to an exotic place (like L. A.) for world con. I know that many of my friends make this as a sort of pilgrimage. I don’t have that desire. To me, WorldCon, while fun, is part of the business. I don’t say I don’t enjoy it. I say that travelling
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In which Thor concludes his skull-collecting and cleaning misadventures. Like typical philosopher/scientists of the 19th century, Thor and I have a curio cabinet full of specimens, travel mementos, and stories. Continuing from last week, take it away, Thor: PLAN C: I needed a way to clean skeletons that would be discreet and relatively odorless. I knew
Sara and Thor’s Cabinet of Curiosities, episode 4c: Thor’s final skull solution Read More »
In which Thor continues his skull-collecting and rotting misadventures. Like typical philosopher/scientists of the 19th century, Thor and I have a curio cabinet full of specimens, travel mementos, and stories. Thor continues from last week: Plan B. It became apparent that boiling skulls in the kitchen and storing body parts in the sink was not
I’m a two-margarita girl. When I lunch with my pals, I can pour them down between layers of food and I’m fine. Never met a margarita that intimidated me. This was before I met mezcal. This recipe is adapted from something I had in a Mexican restaurant that kicked me straight in the frontal lobes.
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In which Thor explains his educational skull collection and his rot box Like typical philosopher/scientists of the 19th century, Thor and I have a curio cabinet full of specimens, travel mementos, and stories. Take it away, Thor: We have several skulls in our curio cabinet and bigger skulls strewn about the house, from local and
I haven’t posted much about woodworking for a while here. The truth is, the shop has been a bit restrictive of late. I have some interesting ideas but when I get started, I find just getting it organized a problem. I started with the main shop on one end side of the garage. Originally, it
State of the Farm: The New Shed, July 2026 Read More »
