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March 2008

News From The Moving Trenches

There are a few people who need to be immediately deeply thanked for their incredible help in getting our furniture and a thousand annoying belongings... Read more »

Welcome To The Asylum

(well, I can't name it "rose cottage" can I?)Philip doesn't think "The Rose And Thorn Farmhouse" is a good name for a house. So I... Read more »

My Blue Heaven

Papers have been signed in dizzying masses with fresh blood from the turnips that have come to stand in place of an income. Promises have... Read more »

The Future Just Called

and it wants it's promise backI like to say "Houseleek" because it sounds wet and sharp and pungent. This plant goes by other names as... Read more »

Without My Eyes

More outdoor kitty picturesChecking out the world from under the BBQMax is small, Pippa is smallest.Yesterday turned out to be a stellar day. Other than... Read more »

Food Related Gift Contest Winner

we run on Angelina time around hereRemember how I was going to give this lovely gift ensemble to someone who commented on my Food Related... Read more »

This Cute Could Kill You

The vet says TWO MORE WEEKS OF QUARANTINE. The ring worm is almost gone but almost isn't good enough to set these babies free in... Read more »

Spring Opens With Pink

Many things seem to be coming to a head right now. My Master Gardening course is complete and now I have to put in volunteer... Read more »

The Sting

Friends walk through midnight together where the witch's broom gathers all the light into switches meant to hold hope close to the bosom of the... Read more »

Move Over Heather Bailey!

The next design star has finally arrived.Now, I've just done an exhaustive two page google search on my newest multi-dollar idea to make sure that... Read more »

Saag Paneer Goes Local

(overcoming specificity)I am a very specific person. In every way. In every facet of life. There is no corner in my brain that doesn't have... Read more »

The Growing Challenge

In which I am mostly waiting and dreamingMy kiwi vines are ready to be planted. I can't oblige them yet. Like all plant geeks I... Read more »

Siblings

It was after this picture was taken that I realized how wrong it is to tuck t-shirts into pants of any kind. At least for... Read more »

Is This Still A Freudian World?

(plus a pretty picture of liquid sunshine)What my friend Lisa B. says is true. I worry altogether too much that I'm going to alienate people.... Read more »

Drink More Liquor

(you're gonna need it for this post)This post is dedicated to: Pam, M.S.S., D.G., Lucille, Laurie, Shar, Sid, Cindy, Sue, Nicole, Vespabelle, and Riana- provided... Read more »

For The Love Of A Lemon

My new blog friend Cindy and I have discovered some disappointment in our local food shed. Mine has no lemons and hers has blueberries, but... Read more »

Variety Being The Spice And All That Crap...

(The truth about my love for birds of the domesticated sort especially)I really do wish I could have a lot more chickens than I do.... Read more »

What Have I done For You Lately?

What I love best about keeping a blog is that I can write whatever I want in it. I'm a one-woman festival of chatter in... Read more »

Kittens-R-Us

Pippa seems to be a pretty laid back gal. She has started knocking a purr around in her ribs every time I pick her up... Read more »

So, My Gym Called Me Today...

They noticed that they haven't seen me yet this year and want to know if there's anything they can do to get me to come... Read more »

Standoff At The Bossy Corral

Me and bossy had ourselves a little showdown. Two bossy cows, one weighing in at a whopping 221 pounds and the other somewhere over 1200... Read more »

Sometimes when you ask for kittens, life drops you kittens

We wanted two kittens. We wanted them in a month or two. Like, perhaps after we move. We hoped for young ones. Today my friend... Read more »

Subversive Gardener

Every time I spend a day at the OSU Extention auditorium taking my Master Gardening course I get more and more itchy with impatience. The... Read more »

Little Vespa In A Big Truck Town

I believe I am developing a quiet reputation for lunacy in my small town. I am always toting awkward and interesting loads on my Vespa... Read more »

Pita For Jesus

The RecipeThis recipe is based on one I've been using from Deborah Madison's cook book "Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone" which is a book I can... Read more »

I Wonder If Jesus Ate Pita Bread

I'll bet he did. And I'll bet he liked it too. Jesus was a Mediterranean guy, after all. One might even speculate that he was... Read more »

The Growing Challenge-Aphids

(plus weird aphid information you've always wanted to know!)Everything is truly busting out of winter sleep. Bulbs are lighting up the PNW landscape like multi-colored... Read more »

Strike That Halo Down

I often wonder what kinds of things people imagine I keep secret? I often wonder if anyone wonders anything at all about me? I'm... Read more »

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