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August 2007
17 eggplants...
...20 tomatoes, 5 zucchinis, 7 hot peppers, 2 bunches basil, 3 onions, and 2 cucumbers for: $23.18I picked the eggplants and tomatoes myself. Now, in... Read more »The dangerous side of canning
(lesson: don't run with boiling water)Yesterday Lisa E. and I canned peaches and had the honor to do it while chatting like magpies with the... Read more »Ricotta stuffed eggplant
This is what this dish looks like when I'm trying to impress you with my healthy restraint.This is what happens when I put the camera... Read more »One Hundred Pounds Of Summer
With my new need to budget my groceries more carefully, I'm giving a lot of thought to pantry cooking and meal planning, the only two... Read more »ISFJ
(This one's for M. Sinclair Stevens and GenX Theorist)I just took an online personality test based on both Carl Jung's theories on psychological types and... Read more »Self Definition
Instructions for reading this post: Do not, under any circumstances, read this post as a cry for help, a boo-hoo fest, or as an effort... Read more »In Flagrante Delicto!!
Meet Romeo and Juliette, discovered in flagrante delicto in the cover of the ugly bush yesterday morning. While initiating a major hack job on an... Read more »A Brief Moment
In about thirty seconds from the moment this serene picture was snapped, the subject experienced a little internal combustion.I told the subject that I would... Read more »A Million Little Packages
Hell might look like this. (Isn't it funny how often I refer to "hell" when I don't actually believe in it? I am intrigued by... Read more »An Etsy Update
I first fell in love with this fabric when I saw it on Capello's blog No Appropriate Behavior. I ended up ordering it in two... Read more »Some Good Things
(to prove that I'm not a totally negative individual)Plus: making frugality sound goodCan you believe this sunflower?That is the color of light when it's happy.What's... Read more »Looking Back
Is that a squash in your patch or are you just happy to see me?(That turned out to sound dirtier than I intended.)The last time... Read more »Snail Porn
Snails are like parents, you should never see them have sex.Unfortunately, I've witnessed both.What's really weird is to separate two snails in the middle of... Read more »Chapter 13
Where, oh where have I left my stoicism?I am a prickly specimen. While roses may be my favorite flower to cultivate in my garden, one... Read more »Coming Up Roses
When I went to cognitive behavioral therapy a few years ago I learned some very important things. 1) You're the best one suited to figure... Read more »The Ranch (garden) Report
I would love to develop a cottage garden. "Cottage" has such a wonderfully pretty sound to it. If it's "cottage-y" it must be cozy and... Read more »A Box Of Courage
Each box will be a little different. Perhaps over time they will evolve even more dramatically.I've made two so far and each has a nest,... Read more »A Shroud Of Words
This is the very first diary I ever kept, given to me by someone on my tenth birthday. It is unfortunate that it is peppered... Read more »A Whole Lot Of Random
(plus frightening hair details)I've got a whole lot on my mind so I'll just spit it all out as it comes to me, in no... Read more »Another Mother Letter
Has anyone else noticed the trend amongst mothers to write blog letters to their tender children for posterity? I too have had the urge to... Read more »The Thread Is On The Wall
That's not all that's on the wall, but I know you don't want to hear all about the surprise rubber check we found we'd written,... Read more »Good Dog, Don't Worry, I'll Eat Your Fleas For You.
Pets, people, kids, fleas, bones, dust, crumbs, fur, laundry, papers, receipts, flies, infirmity, FIV, poo samples, scabies, bills, litter, piss, mildew, dishes, Legos, lint, scraps,... Read more »A late night massacre in pictures
When I was a kid I enjoyed eating raw beets right out of the garden with the dirt still clinging to the roots in rude... Read more »People really do like sex
I just looked at my site meter and I can't help but notice that lately my site has been lower on visitors than usual and... Read more »Lindsay Lohan
(the floosy in the other room) (get out of my dream already!) I never thought my dreams would be so short of rich subconscious material... Read more »Delicate Peaches
(not a dirty euphemism)Yesterday was a huge preserving day for me. Lisa E. and I got together to can the peaches that we picked a... Read more »The Universe Is On Probation
Philip got a job! But before I go any further, let me just say that it doesn't pay enough to cover much more than just... Read more »What brand of gratitude is this?
Two years ago exactly Philip had just lost his job, a filling fell out, and I broke my hip and couldn't walk for three months.... Read more »Overwhelmed
I am very overwhelmed by all that needs to get done today. So it's a huge blessing that Max is going to Rex's house to... Read more »Before And After
Before And After!Let's do that again from another shot...BeforeAnd After!Have I mentioned lately how my blood is moving at the speed of molasses and everything... Read more »The Power Of Music
(This one's for Capello)5-20-04This song feeds a kind of human sorrow that is always cloaked in indescribable joy. To open it up I unleash all... Read more »« July 2007 | Main | September 2007 »