Friday   Short version: Beef stir-fry, rice Long version: Nah. Saturday Short version: Meatloaf, baked potatoes, baked fennel, green salad L...

I make a lot of stock. I have spent years making a lot of stock. This is what happens when you raise animals and butcher them: There are lot...

My friend received a giant bag of pecans in the shell, third- or fourth-hand from someone's tree. She wisely concluded that there was no...

Friday Short version: Not chicken fried steak, boiled potatoes, green salad Long version: I keep forgetting that the packages labeled "...

Why do candles never fit properly in candle holders? The bottom of the candle is always too narrow, leaving too much room in the holder arou...

I don't seem to have a lot of photos from this week, so many of these are from awhile ago. Like this one, of our rooster, Little Man, ex...

Friday   Short version: Oven-fried rooster, baked potatoes, frozen green peas Long version: The roosters we got last week were young ones, a...