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September 2007
When The Skies Weep With You
A lot of my titles come to me the way poetry used to. In fact, I think that instead of writing poetry now, I channel... Read more »Winter Comes Swiftly
We now have no where to eat. I guess it's time to clean out the new big pantry space in the garage. I love the... Read more »Pickled Eggplant
(aka: Rebel Food)These jars of pickled eggplant just may be the prettiest items in my pantry. You should know right off the bat that this... Read more »The Seasonal/Local Challenge
(still setting the parameters)I interviewed the produce manager at my local health food store to find out when the seasonal local vegetables trickle down to... Read more »Throwing Punches
Everyone throws punches from time to time. Everyone. Whether it's metaphorical or literal. Something I realized about myself just a few months ago is that... Read more »Saying Goodbye To Many Miles Of Road
The guidelines for my year of eating both locally and seasonally.Over the past few days I have been looking at labels of origin and compiling... Read more »The Hood River "Fruit Loop" Reprised
(In search of gorgeous pears)I always have the urge to lie down in the middle of tall grasses or corn mazes and just look up... Read more »Slow Oven Roasted Tomatoes
This method of slow roasting tomatoes comes to me from my good friend Lisa E.. The point isn't to completely dry them, just to concentrate... Read more »A Seasonal Year
I'm kind of sad to be winding down with the canning. My back will be happy. I have a hard time winding down because my... Read more »No Rich Man's Fat Horse Can Catch Me
I keep pushing the limits of my scooter as a pack mule. Yesterday I brought home over one hundred pounds of vegetables on it. You'll... Read more »Eulogy In D Minor
I have come to see myself so differently than I used to that I forget sometimes about the magic of adornment. I forget to wear... Read more »Dog Eared
Remember when the mail used to arrive in the mailbox instead of being shoved through a hole in the door where the dog turns into... Read more »Quest To Destroy The Universe
Ozark would like to rule the universe.Since having a kid I've watched more than my human share of the good ol' fight between the classic... Read more »34 Pints And 6 Half Pints Later
I spent ALL of Sunday canning. I made two quadruple batches of marinated two bean salad*, ten pints of salsa, five pints of dilly beans... Read more »You Can't Force A Pen To Speak
You know how sometimes the writing is on the wall in huge red dripping spray painted letters but you still try to erode them beyond... Read more »Forty-Two Pecks Of Pickles
Late Thursday morning I got a call from Lisa E. that she had procured two cases of pickling cucumbers and could I come over right... Read more »Silver Nitrate Is A Bitch
Why does this bairn look so dispirited? How can a kid be so low on a Friday? And anyway, when you're six years old, isn't... Read more »Salsa Water
Notice the lipstick? I must say, lipstick really makes a difference. I've known this for so long it amazes me that I ever forgot. I... Read more »Homemaker Action Figure
If they ever design a homemaker action doll, can I be the designer? This would be her super suit: a Vespa helmet, goggles*, a cheerful... Read more »The Last Ten Days In Pictures
(Plus: lyrics to live by)One of my old friends in the Portland Rose Garden "Frederick Mistral". His scent is a heady old rose scent, his... Read more »Cleaning Day
What could be better than an entire day devoted to laundry and cleaning? I hear Pam in my head saying "Yeah, crazy girl, we've been... Read more »The Rose Geek Tour Of The Portland Rose Garden
My mom and I made it to the rose garden in Portland yesterday and it was perhaps the most perfect day on earth for it.... Read more »Stumptown And Potatoes
Portland is called many things: PDX, The City Of Roses, and Stump Town.STUMP TOWN?I realize this is probably a reference to it's logging connections...but what... Read more »Pet Peeves
(plus a really long drug related story)Pet Peeve #1: I just want to say for the record that wordplay is NEVER funny, NEVER clever, and... Read more »The Fruits Of Other People's Labor
Yesterday I neither canned anything, nor made any duvet covers. Instead, I ran errands. I went to the newspaper office to exchange home canned goods... Read more »Back To School
My plan for this week was to go to the gym every single morning since I am now a free woman. I went yesterday and... Read more »Petty Crimes And Misdemeanors
Petty misdemeanor #1: When the local health food store has a vast collection of Saturn peaches with moldy stem ends, and regular peaches covered in... Read more »Stuck At The Starting Gate
So, I have my gleaming white brand new freezer, waiting to be filled with goodness. Just waiting for one hundred pounds of summer tomatoes, roasted... Read more »How To Wake Up On Sunday Morning
Late into the night my sewing machine was tapping out it's non-encoded* rhythms as we worked together to cover some cushions for a neighbor in... Read more »Eggplant, Death, and Taxes
I have a plethora of pretty eggplant pictures to share but my six year old broke my computer so I'm writing from our laptop which... Read more »« August 2007 | Main | October 2007 »