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November 2007
A giddy moment is upon me.
You can now read my article called "Be Your Own Apothecary" on Whip Up. Go check it out!(Thanks Pam for letting me know it was... Read more »When Pasta Can Only Be Homemade
(very small Eat Local Challenge update)(plus a whole lotta other business)We love pasta like some people love beef. We don't love beef at all. Back... Read more »Contagion
I got up at about 5:25 in the morning with Max who has been throwing up since then. Poor not so wee guy. It's been... Read more »Night Of The Dressmaker
Just when you thought I couldn't find something else to be tortured about... I have been tired of making my flower pin apron for quite... Read more »A Pickle Pantry Winter Salad
One of my all time favorite salads is a truly fattening one that includes: three bean marinated salad, pickled beets, lettuce, a liberal application of... Read more »Food Related Gifts To Make
(That you can make or put together yourself)Plus three chances to win one of three prizes!!!! I've given this a little thought today and I... Read more »Christmas Is Coming
(walk, don't run)(or vomit)Once upon a time I was like a combination Scrooge/Grinch. I hated Christmas. But don't worry, this isn't going to be yet... Read more »Sour Cherry Tart
(A culinary quest)This is a sour cherry tart with a vanilla custard.I will choose this as my last dessert.Cooking, for me, isn't just about meeting... Read more »Shall I Fall Down On My Knife Or Yours?
I wish the leaves would finish falling already. I'm impatient for the full blow of winter. Sometimes, no, not sometimes, a lot of the time... Read more »Speech Impairment
Ten ways to prevent oneself from speaking:Duct tape mouth shut.Remove tongue.Take a lifelong vow of silence.Always have so much food in mouth that speech is... Read more »A Vegetarian Local Thanksgiving
A noble side. The much maligned Brussels sprouts.Our turkey, caught off guard.A sizable beast weighing in at over 10 pounds. This baby could feed a... Read more »Phone Service Disconnected
Hello all. I have been forcibly cut off from the world by my phone company. We have been without phone or Internet service for over... Read more »Bath Bombs
(plus some philosophy on one's life calling and how dense humans are as a group)These bath bombs look like confections. I'm very happy with them.... Read more »Eat Local Challenge
Day 46You know how they say boy scouts are always prepared? Well, I am too, and I'm not homophobic which is a bonus! As some... Read more »The View From The Top
Me, headed to the top. Popular misconception: that hell is in the depths of the earth. I would argue that hell is much higher up... Read more »The Williamson Industries Laboratory
The serious work behind Dustpan Alley's glamorous products.Here at the Dustpan Alley offices, we've been busy developing sophisticated scent blends for using as "smelling salts".... Read more »The Way She Used To Wear
I decided to dress Headless Helen as myself, the way I was. If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, please read the... Read more »An Ever Shifting Tide Of Crap
I spent much of yesterday viciously attacking enormous piles of pulp. I must have dumped at least 100 pounds of wholesale catalogs, old Max homework,... Read more »The Geese Are Going South Again
(and people call me predictable)Occasionally you could hear and see the geese moving south in the fall in Northern California, but it was a rare... Read more »Headless Helen Models
I have been practicing taking better pictures. I have found something out: I do not have a steady hand. This must be why most people... Read more »Who Buys 18 Pounds Of Celery?
Me, that's who. In my desperate bid to blanch and freeze enough locally grown celery to get me through to the next celery season (which... Read more »Is This Green Enough For You?
Homemade pasta with pesto from the freezer and steamed Brussels sprouts with a mustard vinaigrette.I think, upon reflection, that I might have done better if... Read more »Pepper Jelly
A couple of week-ends ago at the Hillsdale farmer's market I bought four pounds of jalapeno peppers to make pepper jelly with. Pepper jelly isn't... Read more »The Blindness Of Proximity
It is truly amazing to me how blind a person (me) can be to the potential of her own home. Our living room has not... Read more »Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eat Local
Dudes, that wasn't an order! Don't you think that would make a great T-shirt for an eat local campaign? Philip is soon going to be... Read more »The Great Carpet Exorcism
Evil Incarnate. See that carpet padding? It's real rubber. Real rubber has a way of sticking to things, has good traction. So if you ever... Read more »« October 2007 | Main | December 2007 »