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How I Spent My Day After Paying Taxes
Until yesterday, I did not realize that the IRS allows one to pay taxes via credit card. Since we’re expecting a somewhat generous Kansas refund, and we’d already anticipated applying it immediately...
View ArticleI’m Such A Dirty Girl
It’s one of those gorgeous late Spring days where, really, I can’t imagine why anyone would remain indoors. Perhaps it’s good, then, that I don’t have a paying job: I’d be calling in sick on days like...
View ArticleWhere’s Maxwell’s Silver Hammer When I Need It?
Today was to be the day when I picked my first ripe cherry tomato. I’ve been nursing it along, adding Epsom salts and fertilizer regularly to ensure a bumper crop, watering it twice daily, tying the...
View ArticleHow Does My Garden Grow?
Very well, thank you. As a matter of fact, I just made my third batch of pesto this month and tossed it with some home-made pasta for dinner tonight. (How did I live without that Kitchen-Aid stand...
View ArticleThe Zucchini Chronicles, Part 1
Earlier this spring I moaned about having waited too long to start most of my vegetable and flowers. I’d seen quite a few other bloggers posting pictures of their glorious seedlings: delicate tendrils...
View Article4 minutes 19 seconds
That’s how long I was outside watering plants on the deck. Seven. That’s how many mosquito bites I got in those 4 minutes and 19 seconds. Can any one tell me what possible evolutionary or Creation...
View ArticleThe Zucchini Chronicles, Part 2
So far, I have made one dozen loaves of zucchini bread. We’ve had steamed zucchini. Baked zucchini. Sauteed zucchini. Grilled zucchini. Zucchini and tomatoes. Zucchini and mushrooms. Zucchini stuffed...
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The Zucchini Chronicles, Part 3
Seven years ago when I planted my first vegetable garden, I dreamed of making preserves, filling our shelves with all sorts of delectable goodies, and serving a wonderful side dish made from fresh...
View ArticleThe Zucchini Chronicles, Part 4
Seventy-two. That’s how many zucchini I’ve picked from those three massive plants in my garden. I don’t think I’ll be planting any next year: I already have twelve pounds of shredded zucchini bagged...
View ArticleOh My Aching Back
Today was the warmest day of the past week, with next week looking like it’s going to bring another cold front. I figured today was probably my best chance to put the garden to bed for the winter...
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