I have been having the oddest reaction to news of friends’ and colleagues’ latest pregnancies: hostility.
I love my two wonderful urchins beyond belief, and honestly think that I could do no better if Daniel & I were to procreate once more. So why this reaction steeped in jealousy and irritation?
Theory #1: [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Baby blues
Posted in Daily Scratch on August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
silly bird
Posted in Chickens, Daily Scratch on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We came back from Door County to find Jemima huddled in the preferred nest box, all poofed out and uttering a continuous stream of low “buk-buk-buk-buk-buk”s. And that particular warbling noise when you reach under her feathers to check for eggs which can only mean: The Girl’s Gone Broody.
Jemima is the only one [...]
Oil
Posted in Daily Scratch on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The olive groves of Greece are burning.
During our two week sojourn in Spain, we consumed at least 2 one-liter bottles of olive oil. The cooking yardstick we measured our meals by was the use of at least 1/2 cup of olive oil per dish.
So it should have come as no surprise that the recipe in [...]
