I’ve tried to grow celery stumps twice. Hopefully my third attempt will take. It will be a little while before I can set it outdoors. We’re still a month away from frost free-ness. The last time I planted a celery stump outdoors, it was about this size: Looking back, I wonder if I set the…
I never mentioned our new dishwasher. Purchased last year, and barely visible in this summer photo, is our dishwasher. The old one was twelve years old and we had to run it twice a day. Yes, twice a day. Six people live and eat here. We had a rule (the result of a homeschool seminar)…
Tonight was the bone-chilling kick-off night for the community garden. The community garden is in its first year. Only ten plots were given. I’ve heard that you have to go slow to go fast…. I really liked the way our Superintendent of Recreation greeted us and stated that everyone attending was the community in the…
Life without (most) white flour and white sugar I wrote about the junk food ban earlier, and thought I’d give an update. The first reactions I got were — My SIL asking, “Nutella is junk food?” — A cousin of Mr. TellBlast tweeting that such a ban was probably in order after Easter candy. A…
Back in Oct. 2011, I had a reaction to a laundry soap. As 2012 began, I had a reaction to a prescribed medicine. My vision has settled down in the year following, and I feel that my skin may be on the road to recovery (It takes a long time for me. Discoloration from itchy eczema…