Every year that I have lived in Pennsylvania, this weird thing has happened right around October 15th. For weeks now, we have been seriously bracing ourselves for fall. My sweater collection is washed and in full rotation, and I wear exclusively wool socks. The heat has come on a couple times, and and the furnace … More The Ides of October
If you’re any kind of catholic and have heard mass in another language, you may have had the surreal experience of recognizing where the priest is in the liturgy by the flow of his words, even though you don’t speak the language. I’ve only made two hard cheeses now, but I’m already starting to recognize … More The Unprocessed Process
With all these food updates, you might wonder if I’ve forgotten how to knit. I wonder that myself some days, but the truth is that I have been knitting as much as ever. The trouble is, I can’t stick with one of these projects long enough to finish. I’ll be really into a project for … More Stitching in Place
My house smells divine at this moment. There are tomatoes slow-roasting in the oven, but the dominant smell is that of kale. Kale, sandwiched between potatoes and a whole chicken, in a crockpot. Fall is food. The ebullient joy and mad anxious rush of harvest-time, gathering in and putting up for winter. Storing up beauty … More Putting Up Apples
Thursday I made my first hard cheese. It was kinda-sorta a disaster, but I learned a lot. And ten months from now, when it’s fully aged and we taste it, I think it’ll be like keeping that first pair of socks you made that look nothing like human feet – a memento of a learning experience … More Hard Cheese is Hard
So, I have this thing about cheese. The thing is, I really love cheese. I like fancy cheese and cheap cheese. I like havarti and New york Sharp cheddar and chipotle pepper jack. I like drunken goat on a good cracker. I like cottage cheese with cheesy crackers. I like grated yellow cheddar by the … More The Thing about Cheese
Ok, site is officially moved. I’m just posting this to say HI! And see if the site works any more consistently. Basically I want to know: Can you reach the site consistently? Can you reach it at all times and from different devices? That was my main complaint on the old site, but I am … More Can you see me now?
[A note about the blog update situation – the transfer to new hosting doesn’t work quite how I thought it would (not surprising, given that my understanding of the inner workings of the internet is not unlike a middle schooler’s understanding of self-confidence). Basically, I thought I was going to be able to change the … More CSA-ccountability, Month #5 – August/September
Change is in the air, my friends. I mean, like, literal changes, on this blog you are reading right now. A lot of things have been in the works for a while, but they are finally to the point that you might experience some changes – both pleasant and unpleasant – so this is your … More Some Things Coming
I have set myself the goal of getting down to one project. One knitting project. True monogamy of the two needles. I don’t really remember why I’ve set myself this goal… maybe just to see if I can do it, without deciding I despise knitting so much that I set my whole stash on fire? No, … More The Competitors
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