I'll bet you didn't know what the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic ate for dinner. Sama Hoole has posted the menu cards for all the classes on the ship, and discusses their food below. VERY interesting! First class dined on nine different animals on the Titanic's last night. Oysters, salmon, filet mignon, chicken, lamb, duckling, …
Continue reading Sama Says: Here’s what they ate on the Titanic!
I am still having a hard time believing what just went down in my backyard. I took my book, my can of Coke, and my phone and sat in my chaise, and watched the birds. Boy, did they put on a show! I had a big flock of Bushtits, at least three Red-Breasted Nuthatches, three …
I think the high temperature here today was 94F. Pretty hot for the Pacific Northwest. So I thought I’d post some photos of local water features. Our closest body of water is Silver Lake. Paddlers on Silver Lake On my way to lunch with a friend today, I noticed lots of boats out. Silver Lake …
Continue reading Too hot to sit at the computer. Photos of water to help me and my readers cool off.
Sama Hoole is a Brit who posts on nutrition, farming, and his "hobby-horse", the value of ruminant animals for the land and for the people. I have found all of his posts to be very interesting and helpful. Here are a couple of recent ones. The ruminant family, and the one job each member does …
Thomas McKean served two states, and there are at least two ways to speak about his colorful life. Thomas McKean was a lifelong public servant, statesman, and jurist who helped shape early American government. He was born on March 19, 1734, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of an innkeeper and farmer. Though a Pennsylvanian …
These people or their parents chose to come to America, as a safe haven of opportunity, from their own war-torn or impoverished countries. These Americans love their adopted country, don't tear it down, keep it beautiful, and positively contribute to its culture and its economy. Unlike many young and old Americans who were born and …
All three emails came from individuals, not the corporate address. GeekSquad is a service of BestBuy, and since I have been receiving these notices for years, they MUST know that scammers are operating in their name. They do not seem to care. duffythis5@gmail.com Delfina Hyatt ywksbwyhsqksjwhys@gmail.com Grayson Aufderhar suddenlydisney@gmail.com Hayley Boehm Those are the three …
Kale, a dark green, leafy, "cruciferous" vegetable is a fad food. No one, absolutely NO ONE, ever considered it edible until less than a decade ago. People don't usually eat things that taste bad, especially those that taste bitter. Below is what one of my favorite food gurus has to say about Kale. Kale wears …
Continue reading Bitter herbs… On Kale, the bitter vegetable
Just sitting out in the yard with my soft drink, listening to the bird songs from the trees around me. Who showed up? Female Downy Woodpecker. https://videopress.com/v/4POomk5p?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Female Downy Woodpecker But the real show happened a short time later. I am thrilled that my phone captures such good video, silently. https://videopress.com/v/ZtvthE9w?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Mama and Papa feed …
This young man's hobby horse is human health, and how our conditions have changed with history. I'll bet you haven't looked at things quite this way before. Nasty, brutish and short. That is the phrase everyone reaches for to describe life before civilisation, and it may be one of the most successful pieces of propaganda …
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