Sometimes Pegasus looks like a flying rhinoceros

I’ve been working on a poem that was inspired by a video showing a rhinoceros being relocated via helicopter. Even though I think I just did the last revision, I feel the need to let it rest a couple days to decide that I’m truly done before I start pumping my fist and shouting. Oh, […]

Three little snowdrop maids are we

Three little snowdrop maids are we, Shaking our bells of fantasy. Open your eyes and you will see Three little snowdrop maids. One little maid shakes off the snow. Two little maids sway to and fro. Three little maids trade what we know. Three little snowdrop maids. We open our petals to greet the sun. […]

A third flush of mushrooms is the charm

So this is the third flush of oyster mushrooms that I’ve harvested. The photo ought to give you a good idea of how the first flush looked: a little dried out around the edges. It kind of looks like this might be it for this mushroom kit. They suggest you propagate the spent mycelium outdoors, […]

So how’s that plan to finish what you’re writing going?

As I said last year, this year I want to finish more stuff. So what’s my tally for January 2012?

Meanwhile more mushrooms

Oh, boy! The third flush of mushrooms is on its way.

First snowdrop to say, Hi!

Even in midwinter, especially in midwinter, the snowdrops are popping up.

No snow today

We had snow before, and there will be more, but we have no snow today. It fell in the night, silent and white, and then it melted away. While it lay on the ground, the cat made his rounds, leaving a steady trail. Then he came inside, licked himself dry, and covered his nose with […]

About those Mushrooms

It all started at the farmers market in Charles Square last fall with 100 grams of exquisite oyster mushrooms from Shady Oaks Organics. I talked to the guys, and they told me a little about how they grow the mushrooms on straw. The mushrooms were so beautiful and so delicious, I got it into my […]

What goes well with duck? I know, mushrooms!

Tonight my Michael made a roast, and not just any roast, but a roast duck. He even glazed it using some raspberries he preserved from this summer’s harvest. Thus the amazing color of the skin. I can’t give you the recipe for the duck, but I can for the vegetables I made.

Shurpa weather

It doesn’t have to be snowing to be blowing wet and nasty weather out there. Today was a good day to pull together the root vegetables from the farmers markets and make one of my favorite stews, Shurpa Lagman. It’s kind of hard to go wrong when you start out with a little beef, and […]