Back in March I retold the first “annual” celebration of Mercury’s birthday. (Yes, that’s Mercury the planet and, no, this is not a pagan ritual as far as I know.) My son Frederick, always in search of birthdays since they tend to come with cake and ice cream, decided to celebrate Mercury’s birthday. Conveniently, Mercury…
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Summer garden: Waiting on the sun
Mom and Frederick planted seeds back in April which are now ready to burst out of their pots and garden beds if only they had some sunshine. The heat wave in mid-May that caused them to leap out of their six packs was replaced by an unseasonal cold spell. When the sun does hit, we…
Memorial Day grill: Burgers, of course
I’m rounding out my first trimester and I am ready to eat burger. It’s great that my food needs and Memorial Day weekend have coincided. The grill is ready for the season and the burger is thawing. The biggest question is whether we’ll have to fight the rain to get to the grill. There is…
Cattle on the range: Grass fed beef and Omega 3
This time of year in California’s cattle country in the Sierra Nevada, we don’t see a lot of cattle. Ranchers have either sold their younger feeder cattle or have moved their herd to higher elevations in the Sequoia National Forest where they will summer on grassy ranges. Every summer I look for the perfect picture…
I unleashed BarfBlog on pregnant Tori Spelling
To do my part in contributing to bacteria-phobia, I asked Doug Powell at BarfBlog whether we pregnant folks should be eating Baskin-Robbins soft serve ice cream (see my post). The company gave away soft serve cones yesterday (“Bump Day”) to pregnant customers. Powell recommends avoiding the soft serve treat. He mentioned soft serve as being…
Gardening with children: Passing on the wisdom
Another gardening post from mom: I got my love for gardening from my grandmother who planted pansies and lettuce together every spring. By the time the pansies were full and spreading, we had eaten up lettuce. For my 9th birthday I planted my first garden. Too bad Nanna lived three states away. She would have…
Free soft serve ice cream?
I just couldn’t resist, sitting here responding comments on my big announcement post, drinking seltzer and thinking about ice cream: On May 21 Baskin Robbins is giving away soft serve ice cream to pregnant women so I hear from Slashfood. They are calling it “Bump Day,” a play on the phrase “Hump Day.” It is…
95% excitement and 5% fear: A baby in December
I am remembering a line from the movie “Armageddon” where the oil drillers are being shuttled into space to break up the asteroid threatening the Earth. As they belt up and prepare to be launched into space, one driller asks the other “How are you feeling?” “95% excitement and 5% fear. Or is it 95%…
Heirloom tomatoe plants by mail order: A little bit of heaven
Mom has been gardening up a storm and wrote the following about tomatoes: Some heirlooms show up in nurseries this time of year, but not many varieties. After several discouraging years of hunting, I decided to mail-order several varieties. Being able to order one of each variety allows us to taste-test and determine our short-list….
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy belated Mother’s Day all you mothers! Here’s a Mother’s Day card for you. I spent the weekend in the garden and on the hammock. It doesn’t get much better than that.
Perhaps spring is not here after all
Excited that the road was open to the High Sierra, I packed sandwiches, salad, a six year old, and a sixty-eight year old into my car and headed to the Trail of a Hundred Giants. We got within two miles of the trail when we were stopped by “Road Closed” signs. A sign of spring…
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Life After Depression
There really is life after depression. I am so excited by that point, in fact, that I neglect this blog and find fun/quirky projects to do with my family. We live in the Sequoia National Forest in a house (and former brothel) designed by Irving Gill. My 7-year-old son Frederick and I chronicle our adventures at Gill on the Hill when we're not exploring. Frederick posts some of his homeschool projects at "Frankly Frederick."