Low Mileage Food

I’d had a scheme in mind, where all of our OLS meals were going to be new recipes. However, the first week crept up on us, and that didn’t happen. Instead, our first one local summer meal was last Sunday, and it was a simple tossed salad. Lettuce was hydroponically grown and [...]

I’ve never really cared for potato salad. I like potatoes just fine – baked, roasted, mashed, etc. Potatoes in these forms can be really tasty. But potato salad, in my experience, has never been anything but boredom in solid form. The perfect representation of blah. I never make it myself, [...]

Warmer weather has hit our fair state, and with it are finally coming warmer weather crops. Zucchini and squash started appearing a couple of weeks ago, and today, the market was overrun with them, and also with cucumbers and green peppers. In a few weeks, we’ll have corn and watermelon and apples, and [...]

Spotted over at 10 Signs Like This, a link to an interesting argument about global warming that boils it down to a choice between two risks. Which risk would you take?

Algae Biodiesel Startups

Like many of you, Joyce and I are huge fans of used bookstores. I also miss a chain of used clothing stores in the Seattle area called Value Village. For people on a budget, or those simply wanting to live a frugal lifestyle, used items simply make sense.
I’ve bought exactly one brand new [...]

I have some good news: The place I’ve been working under contract since January made me an offer of employment last week. I accepted. I sign on the dotted line Monday. I can’t tell you how excited I am. This is just about my dream position, and I can’t believe [...]