Most of the time, I write blog posts within a week of publishing them (though rarely the same day). Most of the time, I prepare food the day we’re going to eat it. Most of the time, I do laundry when I’m almost out of the type of clothes that I’m washing. Or I’m out … Read more
Last week, I had quite a few small moments of food-induced happiness. Trader Joe’s used to have a samosa burrito and then they didn’t carry it any more, and it’s back! I bought one and had it for lunch. Yum! Potatoes, peas, carrots, cauliflower with chutney and spices wrapped in a tortilla. It’s not health … Read more
I didn’t learn how to cook really tasty food for not-holiday meals until I went vegetarian. This is not to say that vegetarian food is the only food that can be tasty, but I had no known incentive to look for ways to make vegetables more interesting. As the field of available foods narrowed and … Read more
Every now and then, I learn a thing that changes my life for the better in some small way. This happened to me recently. I learned about cold-brewed tea. I had never heard of cold-brewed tea. It’s not the same as iced tea, which is regular-brewed tea with ice in it. I’m a fan. But … Read more
It finally happened. I reached the limit for how heavy I am willing to be. I didn’t know ahead of time what that was. It’s not something I’ve kept in mind all along. I just reached the point where I had to say, “No more!” When I went back to school in 2016, I gained … Read more
Climbing Daddy and I have a tradition of going to a National Park or Monument or something similar for Thanksgiving; Tall Daddy and The Kid go to his family’s Thanksgiving. We decided we wouldn’t go this year. The parks have never been crowded on Thanksgiving Day, but we’d have to stay somewhere. Camping is always … Read more
Tomorrow (and every day, but for now—tomorrow), I invite you to practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is a word that has lost meaning because it’s used so much nowadays, but we are not, on the whole, even mediocre at it. Yet. If you’re enjoying a meal full of your favorite foods tomorrow (or any day), instead of … Read more
“There are starving children in Ethiopia.” I was told this regularly as a child when I didn’t like the food I was served. I’m sure people’s shaming country varied (children are, sadly, starving all over the world), but this is a familiar refrain to many of us. The Kid eats reasonably well and also has … Read more
I have different relationships with sweets and caffeine. Caffeine, I don’t drink for wakefulness—I just like tea. When it’s cool or cold out, I like most kinds of hot tea—black, green, white, rooibos, herbal. But when it’s hot out, I like iced tea. Plain old unsweetened black iced tea. If I drink a cup of … Read more
There are quite a few memes circulating, as usual, that no one cares about your bread/run/anything they’re not doing. I assume the person posting doesn’t care about them*, but that’s not generalize-able to “no one” or “everyone.” I know personally half a dozen people who have made recipes in the last month that a friend … Read more