It’s a gray and blustery day today in Lawrence, Kansas. Never mind that it’s peculiarly warm and humid outside, it’s still rather gloomy. Rather than brood or immerse myself too completely in newspapers, I decided to cook and am richly rewarded for my efforts. Exhibit A: Pepper Risotto I used to hate bell peppers, but [...]
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Cooking the thing for dull day
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, General, Tools
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Tomato reporting for favicon duty
November 5th, 2007 · No Comments · General
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, I went with the tomato for my favicon. If you use Firefox or Safari, you’ll see it in your browser’s address line and, if you add it to your bookmarks, in your bookmarks list. It’ll show up eventually if you don’t see it now in the address line, although [...]
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Who loves Halloween?
October 31st, 2007 · 4 Comments · General
Who loves Halloween? I do. It’s the rare holiday where the emphasis is on simple pleasures: candy, carving and costumes. (Yes, I know there are some real ghouls that you have to look out for, but I can pretend it’s not so. ) In anticipation of tonight’s big event—officially declared by the mayor (most years, [...]
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Herbs come in for the winter
October 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Food selection, General, local food, recipes
On the expectation of frost, I brought my potted herbs in Saturday night. It isn’t a huge collection—rosemary and bay laurel—but they’re wonderful to have around. I gave up the rest of my herb growing years ago, as encroaching shade and the appearance of herbs in my Rolling Prairie bag made the effort largely wasted. [...]
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What’s my favicon?
October 19th, 2007 · 13 Comments · General
Near the top of my unimportant but fun list is the question of installing my own favicon. That’s the little bitty icon that appears in the address bar of your web browser or the browser’s tabs, if you’re using that option. The one you currently see is the one associated with my web host, BlueHost.com [...]
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Portuguese fruits win my vote
September 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · General
Don’t worry; I’m not going to turn this into a travel blog. Now that I’ve caught up on my post-trip laundry, photos, etc., however, I thought I’d do one post on what I did eat in Portugal. I can’t find my notes, which were probably too sketchy anyway, so I’m going largely from memory here. [...]
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