The overnight low for Wednesday is forecast to be 34 degrees Fahrenheit. Today is Sunday. Things could change. I suspect what will happen is this: It will or will not be 34∘Wednesday night. And even if it isn’t, it will or will not be 34∘the next night, and the next… . But it is inevitable
Technically speaking, a blog is a log of what you’ve seen on the (world-wide) web. And so I share with you this: As the kids are getting older, I’m turning over household chores to them. Teaching responsibility and all. Last night, it was kitty litter. Me: It’s time you started emptying the cat litter. Junior:
Imagine a group of 100 people. Any 100 people will work just fine. For the purposes of this thought experiment the “sample” doesn’t have to be random, and we need no control group. Imagine these folks have five choices– what Mr. Big Food will grill when they all come out to the Farm next weekend.
And I’m not talking about the unfairness felt by Occupiers of various cities. I am talking about the day in, day out, fact of the matter: Life is not fair. And no one said it was going to be. Turtlin’ along On my way home from doing some errands, I got caught behind an over-sized
A bale of cotton Clearly I exaggerated when I said cotton bales were the size of railroad cars. Unfortunately, there’s nothing in this photo that gives you any perspective, but they are BIG. I had difficulty getting this photo. Every time I drove through the field there was something going on– lots of big machines,
Watching Rocky grow and develop is fun. I have seen Rocky (and Buddy, but not so much Lady) hesitate before performing an action that was impermissible. (Lady just insisted on keeping her elbows on the table.) The hesitation is fascinating. Should I or shouldn’t I? As if there is deliberation going on in Rocky’s little
I made mention of “wash day” in a previous post. Every day is wash day for those of us here on the Farm, except for Mr. Big Food who does his laundry on a schedule. Every so often, he has “shirt-washing days,” “pant-washing days,” and so on. (He’s very disciplined.) But in the crappy olden
free! We are so green. The best information I can find on this comes from a government site (data presented as monthly averages). So, according to The Government, not quite 1/2 the days in December, the least sunny month, are sunny days here. From April through September, over 70% of the days– three weeks each
I got an email from New Hope Seed Company. They are having a sale! I will order Aunt Hatie’s red okra, whippoorwill blackeyes (cowpeas = blackeyed peas), and the hardshell melon seeds. I’ll also pre-order one of those sweet potatoes. The red okra is delicious and beautiful. Okra is related to hollyhock, rose of Sharon,
Rocky did something so terrible this evening that I sent him to his box for the rest of the night (until C gets home). Parts of a paperback book I accept partial responsibility. He’d been very good all evening, even while we were cooking a very nice fall supper– baked porkchops, and some casserole made
Few women appreciate the importance of mending, forgetting entirely the old proverb, “A stitch in time saves nine.” Every housewife should form the habit of doing the weekly mending each week instead of allowing it to accumulate until it becomes a burden. Carefully mended garments denote thrift, industry, and economy; therefore, every woman and every
I just got off the telephone with Daughter C who had called to ask if we had any extra watermelon because she was “bartering”– her word: Eggs for watermelon. Are you kidding me? Of course! I just happen to have a couple watermelons on the picnic table. See? Two watermelons. Tomorrow there will be one
Quarts: Pickled green tomatoes; Pint: Pickled jalapenos GARLIC DILLED GREEN TOMATOES Makes 6 pints 3 quarts green cherry tomatoes, approximately12 cloves garlic6 sprigs dill1 1/3 quarts white vinegar2 C water1/3 C canning saltWash and pack tomatoes into hot pint jars, adding 2 cloves garlic and 1 sprig dill to each jar. Boil vinegar, water and salt
No photos. Sorry. Maybe I’ll update after we have supper. It’s some chicken casserole dish that’s already baking. We had a very busy week. I wasn’t able to spend nearly as much time in the garden as I usually do, especially since I knew we wouldn’t be around much late in the week and so
Imagine two sets of 10 numerals that were specified to code for strength of a positive emotion/opinion versus strength of a negative emotion/opinion, such that “5” coded for “strongly disagree.” and “1” coded for “strongly agree.” A: [1,5,2,4,3,1,5,2,4,3] and B: [1,5,1,5,1,1,5,1,5,5] When you sum the numbers that the numerals stand for, the total is 30.
The power went out for a split second earlier and now the satellite is acting out. Some logo is pinging around the screen and we don’t seem to be getting anywhere. This is not what I was promised. I AM THE 99%!!!!! Yeah, right. Go back to bed.
From No Lawyers– Only Guns and Money’s post, “Every Picture Tells a Story“: States’ concealed carry permit laws are classified as UNRESTRICTED– no permit is required to carry a concealed firearm (Alaska, Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming, but see Wikipedia and the maps at USACarry for more specific information) SHALL ISSUE– permit required but the state
The 4-way stop sign brings out the best in people. It certainly does around here. Not that we aren’t otherwise, but we are remarkably civil at 4-way stops. There are rules. Everyone knows and follows them. (You have to learn them in order to pass your drivers test.) If for some reason you forget your
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