I hope this day finds you, and all those important to you, healthy and safe. The temperature here should be good for this time of year so Deb and I will be putting a duck in the smoker and getting Brussels sprouts and purple carrots out of the garden. Deb will fancy-up some potatoes andContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving, 2020”
Category Archives: Covid Chronicles
Rhubarb Shrub Recipe
The fourth day of July in the year of our Lord 2020 brought forth a country in the grip of pestilence and the Presidency occupied by the Antichrist. It also brought forth an abundance of rhubarb due to some pretty decent growing conditions this spring. Life goes on. I harvested a huge amount from sevenContinue reading “Rhubarb Shrub Recipe”
“Well, I was out in the Garden at the time …”
Tim Brooke-Taylor passed away on April 12, 2020 from Covid-19. His career ran the whole course of the great British satire movement of the 1960’s, from its early days when he was a student at Cambridge with classmates like John Cleese and Graham Chapman, on through various comedy troupes of the decade when he teamedContinue reading ““Well, I was out in the Garden at the time …””
Reinventing Home
I have a personal perspective on the psychological consequences of being caught in the crosshairs of a global economic meltdown. I was a small business owner during the 2008-2009 economic crisis. It was like standing in front of an avalanche and it didn’t make any difference which way I ran; there were no good options.Continue reading “Reinventing Home”
Covid Loaf
England has a healthy bread called Hovis Loaf that goes back to the 1880’s. It holds a warm spot in the hearts of the British and a commercial for Hovis Loaf was voted “Best TV Ad Ever” in Great Britain. It was directed in 1973 by Ridley Scott who went on to direct such filmsContinue reading “Covid Loaf”
Schmecken! 