If you didn’t understand the quotation in the title, don’t worry. You see, I began a new job today, and as everyone was introduced to me, I was honestly greeted by a few of them with cheering. That doesn’t happen every day. I believe and hope that real work actually begins tomorrow. Today was orientation,…
I grew up thinking that the State Fair was a big deal. We visited every year with my grandmother. Her grandfather parked cars at the fairgrounds, so her family always attended free while she was young. And they got a sweet parking spot (where the handicapped spots are now in the north lot). She loved…
We ate our first wax beans and dragon’s tongue beans this evening. I fixed my family’s recipe that includes bacon and onions, of course. The dragon’s tongue beans turn yellow when they’re cooked.
My youngest child and I took time two years ago to visit different ethnic grocers — Indian, Russian, and Oriental food stores. We didn’t make it to the Arabic stores, but I’ve passed them when she isn’t with me. I recently took her to the Robert Ray Asian Garden and the New Oriental Food Store,…
When I got my community garden plot, I searched my ‘garden drawer’ for seeds. I found kale. Why? I have no idea. I have no past relationship with kale. I read about kale, see it at the stores, but I’ve never consumed kale. Until this June. I was successful in starting kale in a milk…