Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Food, Odds & Ends on Jul 4th, 2008
Although drought continues here in Piedmont North Carolina we had fresh corn on the cob last night–the first of the season for us. In addition to the corn we also managed to find a few ripe grape tomatoes, green bell peppers, and jalapeno peppers. The three different varieties of summer squash that we planted are [...]
Posted in Food, Odds & Ends on Jun 9th, 2008
Growing up in South Jersey exposes one to a rich and often disarming vernacular. What ails you was one of those catch all imponderables that seemed to be exclusive property of Salem, NJ and the area immediately surrounding that very old and very sleepy little hamlet. What ails you could function as a literal [...]
Posted in Family, Food, Fun, Memorial, Odds & Ends on Jun 5th, 2008
No, this isn’t a morality piece. While I prize my own ego, I am also cognizant of its divers of idiosyncrasies and peccadilloes, its riotous diversions and subversions, and, therefore, echo T S Eliot’s famous query in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, so how shall I presume?
This morning my garden awaits [...]
Posted in Food on May 20th, 2008
This morning I’ll be hard at work as I complete the final stage of processing my first attempt at wine making. The six gallon carboy of golden nectar translates into approximately 30 bottles of wine (750 ml). While I have been making a fine blackberry desert wine for quite a number of years [...]
Posted in Charitable Organizations, Food, Observations on Nov 16th, 2007
Although it had been a few years since my wife and I attended the annual Feast of Caring in Greensboro, it was immediately apparent to us that the fund raising event for the Greensboro Urban Ministry had lost none of its appeal to folks who wanted to support its continuing work in the community. My [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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