From the monthly archives: July 2010

Food on Fridays: Blueberry Mania

By annkroeker On July 29, 2010 · 26 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to talk about the spinach that lodged between your teeth, that’s great. Posts [...]

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Food on Fridays: We Are Real (and so is the food)

By annkroeker On July 22, 2010 · 16 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to tell us about the first person who taught you to cook, that’s [...]

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End of an Era

By annkroeker On July 21, 2010 · 21 Comments

We used to live in a town with a gorgeous library that I’ve used and loved since 1988. When we moved a few miles away to our new house eleven years ago, we discovered with shock and dismay that we’re just over the line in another library’s district. We loved and used our [...]

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Food on Fridays: Zucchini Recipes

By annkroeker On July 15, 2010 · 26 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to research plantains or papayas, that’s great. Posts like that are as welcome [...]

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Weeds Mean Work

By annkroeker On July 15, 2010 · 9 Comments

My parents purchased their farm in the mid-1970s from Mr. Hayden, one of those wiry old farmers who was fully dressed at the crack of dawn, hoeing the garden, gathering eggs, scooping grain into the manger for the cows, and checking the fences.

Fences need to be checked regularly to be sure they [...]

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This or That?

By annkroeker On July 10, 2010 · 23 Comments

My son was humming a tune when he walked past me. I was seated at the kitchen table, flipping through the entertainment section of the Wall Street Journal.

For fun, I looked up and posed a series of questions to see if I’m tracking with his top interests … something like “

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Food on Fridays: Blueberry-Rhubarb Crisp

By annkroeker On July 8, 2010 · 13 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to confess that you just ate the last Girl Scout thin mint [...]

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Wherever You Send Us, We Will Go

By annkroeker On July 6, 2010 · 23 Comments

My dad phoned on Saturday asking if we could help him with a rental unit. The renter moved out, and Dad needed help cleaning and hauling some trash and tree branches.

But more than anything, Dad needed someone to examine the crawlspace. A year or two ago, Dad actually tried to squeeze [...]

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Food on Fridays: It's Alive!

By annkroeker On July 1, 2010 · 15 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to record your daughter singing, “I like apples and bananas,” that’ll do [...]

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