“Secret Chicken Knowledge: I’m Full of It!”: just around the corner!
Chickens have been an important part of the warp and woof of my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up in a small town in Nebraska,…
Read moreHappy Fourth Anniversary to my Blog, and BIG Celebration Giveaway!
Oh, Gentle Reader. Hello. Here we are again, eh? 🙂 Four years ago I started writing a blog. This very blog you’re looking at, with the redonculous title and silly…
Read moreKitchen Remodel: still goin’ . . . er . . . strong . . . Part 7
Forever and anon. Gentle Readers, I’m sitting behind a pile of clean laundry that I hauled in from the lines last night after dark and dumped–really, it is heaped all…
Read moreWild plums: hidden in plain sight but plum worth hunting for!
I have never picked so many wild plums in my life as I have this year, Gentle Reader. It must be a bumper crop year for prunus americanas here in…
Read moreCookie Heritage: Springerle recipe, tweaked
One thing I love about being my mother’s daughter is that she has all these cool unique things about her, since she is a second-generation American. Her mother’s parents immigrated…
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