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Dumpster Diving

This morning, as I was putting away the dishes from last night, I realized that I was missing the screw-on cap to my beautiful vintage cocktail shaker. After searching the kitchen—it was no where to be found—I came to the conclusion that I must have accidentally thrown it out. My only option was to search [...]

Posted 03 September 2008 § ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Adventures in the archive

Newspapers may be dying. Libraries may be struggling. We may be getting dumber. But the archive lives on.
The endlessly fascinating Refractal engages in a scavanger hunt among the treasures of digitized archives. Though Increasingly available on the internet, it takes a true cybernaut, an explorer with dusty boots and quick wit, to venture into [...]

Posted 03 August 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Blueberries for Sal

This afternoon I picked blueberries at the Berry Farm. Right before our picking adventure, I read Blueberries for Sal, a book about a human mother and child and a bear mother and cub gathering berries for the winter. I always loved this book, and it put me in the mood, as I was picking in [...]

Posted 29 July 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Aside: The Thin Man

Speaking of cocktail hour…
I don’t know if most people my age grew up experiencing cocktail hour. (Do you have your own memories of cocktail hour? Make a comment!) In my memory, cocktail hour was always marvelous. I drank tonic and lime and felt grown up. Now, I appreciate not only the cocktail but also its [...]

Posted 23 July 2008 § video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Change of Mission

This blog is now a food blog.

Posted 15 July 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) °

I have not been able to post on this blog because I want to get it perfect, because “I” must take a stand when I write, and I’m feeling a bit groundless right now. Who am “I,” for don’t I need to know if “I” am saying something? I cannot let go of the idea [...]

Posted 19 March 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,