“Just Eggs” from Nick Wheeler’s Flickr stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
For too long egg salad has been relegated to the world of “Things Your Grandmother Ate.”  I do not understand this, eggs are full of protein, cheap (oh-so important in this economy), near impossible to mess up too badly, and reasonably healthy (if you [...]

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“Southeastern Georgia?” from the Library of Congress’ Flickr Stream.
Old Prairie House Between Tulsa and Bartlesville on US 75
by Diane Glancy
I
Back in time
car in yard
shutters at windows
paint on gray boards
old man, old woman
their children gone
then man and woman younger
with young children
west wing not yet built on house
one wagon, horse arrive
untended land
back too far
young man, woman with [...]

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Just a quick post today as I have got to head to the library for several hours days worth of thesis work.  I thought I’d share one of my favorite TV clips from childhood– the Sesame Street crayon factory segment.  Have I told you about my big crayon-a-week plan?  I want to get a box [...]

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Too bad we didn’t run into Rachel Maddow while we were there…

This is the place Washington said farewell to his officers after the Revolution.  They have a piece of his hair, some teeth, and a portion of his coffin.  Also, the NY Sons of Liberty met here.  It occurs to me that, maybe, this isn’t [...]

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We spent Fri-Sun evening in NYC– it was a lovely, quick getaway.  Jon’s been working like crazy lately and my thesis stresses me out.  I felt so blissed out for most of the trip.  Maybe we didn’t see as much as we “should have,” but we slept well, ate well, and held hands across the [...]

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“Spring Light in Winter” from Tais Melillo’s Flickr Stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
New York Is Of, in More Than One Way
Eli Siegel
New York is of in four ways:
It is the New York of 1622, with the Indians around, and its shape then:
which it still has.
It is the New York of Peter Stuyvesant.
It is the [...]

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I work for a peer reviwed journal, gnovis, that has been fighting an uphill battle back from the ambivalence of the past generation of CCT’ers.  That was not a very good sentence, it actually would not make it through our peer review process.  Anyway, I got to put my crafty skills to use making a [...]

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And now for something a little less militaristic…  On Sunday some friends got together for the 2009 Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Bake-Off.  Jon and our friend Steph both think they have the best cookies, so we put them to the test.  We also used the Safeway tube cookie dough and the recipe from the back [...]

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14th TN: Skirmish Drill at Winter Camp from Ashley Bowen on Vimeo.

I spent Saturday with the 14th TN at their winter encampment outside Hagerstown, MD.  It was a lot of (cold, shivering) fun– lots of laughter, a little good natured teasing, and some good food cooked in cast iron over a frying pan.  Not for [...]

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