Author Archives: fustianist

The harvest has begun to get bountiful around here.  You know those zucchini Sydney posted about a few days ago?  Well, we still have half the pile left and we’ve made a zucchini casserole, zucchini bread, and Sydney used 25 … Continue reading →

Our cat won’t eat mice. Christi’s chickens, on the other hand … She didn’t even turn blue in the face like my chickens used to.

I’m officially tired of rain now. One should not be able to go whitewater rafting down the road outside one’s house every day. But it didn’t rain for a little while this morning so I went to the garden. I … Continue reading →

Yesterday I drove down to Virginia to be there in good time for a friend’s (Jared Stutzman, for those of you who know him) wedding today and to go to the pre-rehearsal dinner last night and catch up with some … Continue reading →

The conference started yesterday, and they’re keeping us busy with lectures and panels and the like.  Yesterday evening I walked with another girl to the fish fry (yep, you heard me: it was fried catfish, hush puppies, and french fries) … Continue reading →

Mom and I took off in the car today to hunt down some Civil War battleground sites not too far from here.  We started too late and had to reconsider our plans, but on the way we stumbled across Elvis’s … Continue reading →

CBC has a piece about a woman in Maine who found a python in her washing machine when she was removing clothes from it. She’s a bit paranoid about doing laundry now. I’m still a bit curious as to how … Continue reading →

Sydney dropped me off at the Ithaca airport this morning at 5 and Mom picked me up in St. Louis at 9:30.  Since then we’ve driven straight south and I’m currently writing from the main library on the Ole Miss … Continue reading →

By the numbers: – 8 bags of frozen, chopped cilantro for the freezer – almost 8 quarts of peas – 6 pounds of new potatoes – 4 large heads of broccoli – purple cauliflower – kale (we could have it … Continue reading →

With the recent addition of six chickens to the household, we’ve been finding new ways to enjoy eggs.  Christi’s sold a few eggs at the farmer’s market and I’ve recently discovered that omelets are a great way to feed a … Continue reading →