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Author Archives: Jen
196: Redneck Rainbow
This is how you know you live out in country. First, you get beautiful rainbows over the gorgeous forest. Then you have thoughts like this: Pots of gold and leprechauns, my ass. There’s a gold bulldozer at the end of … Continue reading
197: Parents Must Consider Disadvantages Before Public Schooling
Is there something in the water? This is in response to the op-ed piece Parents must consider disadvantages before home schooling from THE OLYMPIAN, June 12, 2009 Public schooling has become an attractive alternative to homeschool or private school. Parents … Continue reading
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198: Block Stack Power Shack
Yesterday: Moved 192 blocks, at 42.5 lbs each (19kg), that’s 8,160 pounds (3,648 kg) . . . or 4 tons. Of concrete block. (288 total). Today: Stacked 144 blocks for the last three rows. Although it would have been rather … Continue reading
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199: Camp Cross
Camp Cross is an Episcopal camp on over 100 acres on a peninsula on Lake Coeur d’Alene. Although back in “the day” they used to march campers around the marsh land (lugging all their gear!), it is now reachable by … Continue reading
Letter to the Editor
My young friend, the middle daughter of the Baldwini Clan, had a letter published on the 9th in our local paper, the Spokesman Review yesterday, wherein she lobbies for the public pools to be public and free.
200: Crafting Retreat
Camp Cross is beautiful in early June. The air is crisp and clear, the bugs aren’t yet frisky and vengeful, the sun is beautiful but not oppressive, and a group like ours has the camp to ourselves. We did wait … Continue reading
201: Mystery Can, What Can It Be?
Sometimes, Farmerteen does some really random stuff. While I was packing things to go on the First Annual Crafting Retreat, she presented me with a mystery can. She didn’t want me to open the can, or even necessarily guess what … Continue reading
202: Brie and Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Brie and Sausage Breakfast Casserole Adapted from Rock Cottage Gardens 8 oz brie cheese 1 lb Jimmy Dean’s sage sausage, ground 6 slices good, firm, wheat bread, cubed 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated 7 large eggs, divided (5 eggs and … Continue reading
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203: Fruited Irish Oatmeal
Fruited Irish Oatmeal (Choline-enriched version below) 5 c water 2 c steel-cut oats 1 c apple juice 1/4 c dried cranberries 1/4 c snipped dried apricots 1/4 golden raisins 1/4 c maple syrup 1/2 t salt 1 t cinnamon In … Continue reading
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204: Choline Granola
Choline Granola Adapted from Molly Wizenberg’s Daily Granola Adapted from Nigella Lawson’s Feast Dry ingredients: 5 cups rolled oats 2 cups raw peanuts 1 cup hulled raw sunflower seeds 1 cup sesame seeds 1 cup flax seeds 1/2 cup ground … Continue reading
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