In his novel, Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robins opens the book with high praise for the beet. THE BEET IS THE MOST INTENSE of vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through [...]
I was never a big fan of turkey burgers until I tried changing up the recipe. My big complaint about turkey burgers has always been that they tend to be dry and they are a poor substitution for real hamburgers. A few years ago, I stumbled upon a recipe in a Weight Watchers cookbook that [...]
I put 20 in on the saddle today. That brings me to a solid 375 for the year. Not bad considering I started in June, have been swamped on the weekends recently, and there is no longer enough light at night for me to get a decent ride in after work. I also received my [...]
Summer is drawing to a close. I started out the season with high hopes for the garden. And suffered a number of setbacks with respect to my Achilles and the soil I got for my garden. However, I planted several of the original items. Of the original list the following pretty much failed: Yellow Onion [...]
It’s been a long road to the garden. I bought seeds back in March and hoped to get them in the ground by mid-April. I planned three beds and had bought wood to frame out two. During that wood purchase, I broke the window of my car, which put an end to the building exercise. [...]