Not-Soy Milk

This is Ivory’s soymilk maker.  She got it for her b-day from her very understanding parents (a physicist and accountant who poured years of enrichment, travel, and 16 semesters of college/grad school into a child that currently takes great joy in goat poop and...

Purpose-Challenged Plants

Calling them “weeds” seems dismissive. After all, they have their own identities and uses. I just have no idea what they are. This seems like a waste so I’m on a mission to give a name to these flora in my yard. I have a feeling I’m going to be...

Keeping Warm

If it snows anything like it has been raining in my neck of the woods this year, we are in for a lot of power outages. Ice is all twinkly and everything and goodness knows there’s nothing like a good snowball fight, but there’s very little fun associated...

What is This Thing?

It’s very fancy. A little bit of Carnivale in my backyard. I have no idea what it is.  I think it came in a packet of Fedco mixed salad greens, but, of course, it could have been dropped from the heavens by a tropical bird. Something like this: Compared to the...

Doing It Right, But Something’s Wrong

A healthy body has very few needs. 1.  Real food. 2.  Exercise. 3.  Sleep. The better you do at each of these, the better you should feel. But what if you don’t feel better? Then you’re me. I have food intolerances.  They hold more power over my health and...

I Could Write THAT!

When people start thinking towards writing a kids’ book, especially a picture book, this is one of the first things that goes through their minds. But, so you don’t make as big a fool of yourself as I did, or get as disappointed as I did when you send off...