I called a recipe chef-y the other week—I think it was this one—and one of my Experimental Supper Club buddies asked me what I meant by that. I thought about it and said something like, “A chef-y recipe calls for like 2 more hands, 4 more ingredients, and 8 more hours than you’ve got.” IContinue reading “Chef-y Recipes”
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The Grocery Store
I realized last week that one of the most significant and long-standing relationships of my life hasn’t been with a person but with a place: the grocery store. Naturally, there have been many grocery stores over the years, but if taken together they make this sort of Ur-space where I have worked out some ofContinue reading “The Grocery Store”
Ceramics Saturdays: Jōmon Ware (and other treasures from the Tokyo National Museum)
Anytime I visit a museum in Japan I’m struck by how much of what we call “modern” art and design in Europe and the U.S. looks like very old Japanese traditions. It’s not just a coincidence of forms, either: when Japan re-opened to Western trade during the Meiji, Japanese arts and crafts flooded the EuropeanContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Jōmon Ware (and other treasures from the Tokyo National Museum)”
Aikido and Rhetoric: Flow, Still
Look at the adversaries through the opportunity. Never make the fatal mistake of looking at the opportunity through the adversaries. J. Stuart Holden, Giant Steps If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able toContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Flow, Still”
Ceramics Saturdays: Oil-spot glazes
Hey, it’s photographing things on the dining-room table day! Actually, no joke, I have the perfect table for this–it’s a Hans Wegner table I lucked into (though the cross-bars at each end bark my shins with regularity, which is like, who designs a table with bars at shin-height? Hans Wegner is who…) and it’s reaaaaaaallyContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Oil-spot glazes”
Loading…Review of Tunic
I’m inaugurating a new series on the blog with this post because I finally have gotten up the courage to come out as a gamer. I didn’t think of myself as a gamer until recently for a couple reasons: 1. Up until the Pandemic, I was pretty sporadic, and I usually just played little gamesContinue reading “Loading…Review of Tunic”
The Cocoa Krispies Method
In Psychology 101 in college, one of our experiments was training a rat using what’s called a Skinner Box, named for the famous behaviorist B. F. Skinner. I put my assigned rat (named Bianca, for the heroine of The Rescuers) in this box, which was empty except for a lever she could push down andContinue reading “The Cocoa Krispies Method”
Wednesday’s Child: The Discard Devotional is Finished!
I’m excited to announce that The Discard Devotional is now published on Lulu.com in either a handsome little pocket book edition or an e-book edition. As I mentioned before, all proceeds go to Awaken, a charity that helps women escape sex-trafficking. If you know someone you think would benefit from the book, you can forwardContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: The Discard Devotional is Finished!”
Living In: Sea Ranch
It really is a toss-up whether, if someone dropped a couple of million dollars on my head, I would rather have a sheep ranch just inland from the coast or a house in Sea Ranch. But for now, thanks to Pinterest, I can have both! Cheap as free! Actually, while Sea Ranch is amazing (ifContinue reading “Living In: Sea Ranch”
Living In: Valley Ford Ranch
Yes, I am one of the legions of middle-aged white women who want to have a farm when they retire. But! I was raised by an actual Michigan farm girl and can ride, shoot, and make preserves. I can use a chainsaw. I own chickens. I know how to change spark plugs and prune appleContinue reading “Living In: Valley Ford Ranch”
The Rookery 