Category Archives: REALITY

Okay, the first picture taken with the Photo Booth application should of course be as exciting as the new aluminum case of the “camera.” I call it: “Warholesque”

Ya think?

With Hurricane Earl due in this weekend, and September starting tomorrow, I decided it was time to harvest some of the crops. These are cherry peppers, grown a bit beyond the neat tiny globes I expected. Jim does a great … Continue reading →

Well if the plants can hold on long enough through the tomato blight, the crop’s really starting to come in:

aka “Harvest.” I’m thrilled that my first crop of bell pepper produced enough early pickings to set up a whole dish of stuffed peppers. I don’t always make these the same. Today they’re all beef, rice–and since I only had … Continue reading →

No grapes this year, but I finally picked some grape leaves. Here, they’re stuffed with ground beef, chick peas, rice, and egg as binder, and herbs, then simmered in tomato sauce. Grapes are a phenomenal gift from nature. You can … Continue reading →

Well I learned the difference between a male squash blossom and a female blossom. The male have a stamen which is pinched off before dipping in batter and frying. Good, not outstanding. Very light and airy and I think there’s … Continue reading →

So that’s how it starts: 10 bags of manure, 6 of peat moss, a couple of lime and some seeds. I planted the garden over the Memorial Day weekend–that’s a tradition that comes from living exactly in this area for … Continue reading →

My last alone meal, salad with grilled filet mignon, sun-warmed tomatoes, eggs, fresh-killed lettuce, onions, celery, slivered broccoli stems, and blue cheese dressing. I usually do this with chicken breasts but didn’t have any in the freezer and found a … Continue reading →

Finally bottled last year’s wine, 24 bottles of grape and 24 of crabapple. I didn’t make the same mistake I made two years ago with adding the sweetener without vitamin C to stop fermentation from starting again. I’m getting a … Continue reading →

Big elections coming up in November and already, in the heat of July, the lies fly. It’s all bullshit, always has been, always will be, but I’m seeing that this year, more than I’ve noticed before, the political ads and … Continue reading →

As you know, some of the best meals come from simply pulling stuff out of the refrigerator. This started with about a pound of leftover shrimp, using the cocktail sauce but adding a bit of hot Thai sauce and oyster … Continue reading →