The Puzzle of Healthy Plants
Some plants in our house are prospering quite well, and seem to be in perfect health. I don’t know what to do with them. This is a … well, I don’t know what it is, […]
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Tree Procrastination Brings Blossoms
My fourteen regular readers might remember that a couple of years ago I realized some kind of trees were growing up in the middle of our lilac bushes. I had to decide, quickly, whether to […]
Spring Has Sprung For Now, and I Have Photos To Prove It
I experienced something very odd the other day: I tried to get the lawn mower started, and I did. First time. It took all of twenty minutes to fill the gas and oil, check the […]
Healthy Plants Freak Me Out
We have an aloe plant in my kitchen that’s prospering nicely, and appears to be in perfect health. Not only that, but a couple of other houseplants are also green and healthy beside it. I […]
Why Flowers Beat Snowdrifts
This won’t come as a shock to anyone who knows me, but I love spring. To paraphrase some action movie or other: Winter is the disease, and spring is the cure. Summer is that […]
The Soup That Got the French Kings Laid
Chinese Soup WONTON SOUP INGREDIENTS 2 green onions (1 more later) 1″ ginger root ½ teaspoon brown sugar ½ pound ground pork 2 teaspoons Chinese rice wine or sherry 1 tablespoon soy sauce (2 teaspoons […]
Bad Advice Friday +1, 5-06-17
Oh my gosh. There was a Friday this week. So, I shall once more be dispensing bad advice As usual, the advice will stupendously bad. Sorry, it’s a day late. I was whooping it up […]
No flowers for my wife
I don’t give my wife flowers. After only a few days they’re drooping, smelling and dead. I even hate the process of buying flowers. “What’d you do wrong?” guys ask, laughing. Ladies don’t say anything. […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, please remind me to be more specific when my children asked me what I want for Mother’s Day. I said I simply wanted a flower from each of them. I guess I got […]