I’m not sure if I’ve ever made the announcement here or not but I made a total career change this past August and have been working as a high school biology teacher. Sometimes I forget to tell people I’m a teacher or sometimes I feel weird telling people I’m a teacher because 1) I didn’t [...]
The Omnivore built us a pretty sweet fire pit a few weeks ago. This picture was taken in progress. Now it’s got three gargoyles cemented on top and a lovely collection of ashes in the middle since we’ve been putting it to good use. Life on a farm yields plenty of firewood but not much [...]
My husband travels for work sometimes. Generally it is within driving distance so I make sure to send him on the road with delicious home cooked meals for him to eat alone in the hotel room so he can remember why he married me. I also make sure to have a nice meal waiting for [...]
You know how you’re grocery shopping and the cashier asks “Did you find everything you were looking for?” and you say “Yes, I did” and both you and the cashier know you are lying? Wait. You’re trying to tell me that you always find what you’re looking for at your grocery store? Or that you [...]
Lima beans are easy to come by where I live. Recipes that differ from eating them spiked with pork fat over white (Uncle Ben’s) rice are not. The recipes that revolve around lima beans spiked with bacon and served over white rice are the ones that run in my family. I will say that my [...]
