Shopping during Coronavirus.

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Mostly typical day of housework and garden work.  With more first world problems about Walmart pick up time, Walmart missing most of the items I wanted, and Aldi’s having computer problems so I couldn’t get any produce OR biscuits there. … Continue reading…

July 1 Land Base Update

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What’s up in your landbase?  We are awfully dry here.  I need to water the garden every few days, and the mowed grass on lawns is clearly burned.  Yesterday the corn leaves were VERY curled, a sign of water stress. … Continue reading…

Bugs. I got ’em.

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Yesterday evening I noticed the squash bugs are back.  Leaf damage, some wilting, lots of eggs, some nymphs, and two of them mating – the bastards. … Continue reading…

Book Review OIDHEADH CHLOINNE HUISNEACH

Full Title: Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach (The Violent Death of Uisneach
Edited and Translated by: Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith
Published by: Irish Texts Society
Review: The book has 9 chapters which the editor calls sections. In the Introduction (Section 1) the editor says that the book aims to provide a critical edition of the Early Modern Irish prose tale Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach.Continue reading…

Working on cast iron pans, day 3, dammit.

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Let me tell you – this re-seasoning of cast iron pans stuff is getting old.  If it was cool out I’d be using the oven inside rather than the toaster oven outside.  That would hold ALL the pans at once.  THAT would be easier.  And if I wasn’t the only one … Continue reading…

Working on the cast iron pans, day 2.

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The rhythm with the cast iron pans: heat pan 1 minute. Rub oil on.  Wipe off excess oil.  Put in toaster oven outside for … Continue reading…

Working on fixing the cast iron pans, day one.

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Quarantined witch life: I just used the last of my Kosher Salt in an energy trap. But I saved the pretzel salt for pretzels. It’s hot out, and my husband screwed up my cast iron pans, so I’m re-seasoning them, one at a time … Continue reading…

Fumble-fingered Friday.

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I’m wilting in humidity today, but got lots of housework done.  Having some computer stupidity, tho – that’s ME being stupid with my computer, not any software’s fault. … Continue reading…

Thursday Dreams, posted on Friday.

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In my dream last night I was in a Master Class on cooking, taught by Alton Brown.  I had to make a vegetable dish with a sauce, a carbonated drink, and … Continue reading…

Landscapers

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The landscapers rang the doorbell at 7:30 am.  I was asleep. … Continue reading…