I had this friend, Steve, that I used to work with many years ago when I was still living in Southern Cal. We met in our mid-to-late 20s working together […]
Forever Pollywogs
This post isn’t actually about proto-frogs. It’s about a cat. A little black and white pixie of a cat named Polly, and variously called Paws, Sillypolly, Polly Wolly Doodle, Good […]
Recipe: New England Clam Chowder
I learned two things living in New England for most of the 90s: I don’t especially like about 80% of things about New England. The 20% of things I did […]
Sourdough
I’m going to start right out by saying that yes, there is a sourdough recipe in this post and I’m not going to force you to scroll through ten paragraphs […]
The mystery deepens
Not too long ago, I ended up getting my DNA done through AncestryDNA. I already had it done through 23andMe, but you can’t cross-upload and I wanted to be able […]
Family Mystery and Mythology, part 1
Note: This will be a multi-part post as it will involve research and information that is still being accumulated. Genealogy has been an interest and on-and-off hobby of mine for […]
Missing Pets
I just recently went through the experience of having a pet go missing for two weeks. That’s a specific form of hell, as anyone who has ever lost a pet […]
Not All Traditions
Ran across a meme the other day: Name a food you ate as a child that you will never eat as an adult. That one’s easy. Turkey noodle soup. Turkey […]
Recipe: Instant Pot Southwest Stew
I have this cookbook of slow-cooker recipes that are lower-carb and it’s got a number of recipes I enjoy. I will sometimes substitute things that are less low-carb (black beans […]
Recipe: Instant Pot Stroganoff
So a couple of months ago my rice cooker died on me. Can’t really complain – I got it for free as part of an employee reward program from my […]