I’ve moved up to 3 gallon brewing instead of 1 gallon. And oh lawdy was it easy. How do you do it? First, go to Home Depot and get a 5-gallon water cooler. It’s $20, a bargain for what you’re…
Bigger is Better!
Posted in Brewing, Uncategorized Tagged with: amarillo, brewing, brewing equipment, carboys, cooler, fermenting, grain, homebrewing, hops, mash tun, nelson sauvin, simcoe, valves
One Down
Child Harbat’s first front tooth is gone, like a door pulled off its hinges. Is this the face of pain, of embarrassment, of relief of a long-hanging vestige of childhood dropping away in the plodding march to adulthood? No. It’s…
The Drought is Not Over
The drought is not over but we got our first measurable rain in over 6 months. Maybe I think the weather gods are stingy but over 2 days it only ever rained at night so we couldn’t sit inside and…
Posted in Parenting, San Diego Tagged with: drought, ducks, lake, number two, parenting, rain, southern california, weather
Bad Food and Horrible Footwear
Let’s start with a food review! It’s the whee-ha world of Trader Joe’s frozen “meals”. Up for review is the Butter Chicken which is stamped with the watermark “Authentic Indian Recipe”. Yes, it’s technically true since the original probably also…
Posted in Products, Uncategorized Tagged with: chicken, fashion, food, microwave, number two, rice, sandals, socks, trader joe's, trains
Demise of the Pumpkin
“Yes, but the end was extremely sudden.” Extra bonus points for whoever names that quote. Clue at the end. The end was sudden and, evidently, quite violent for our jack o’ lantern. The children got agitated by its sunken features,…
All Things Dead
Bonus points to anyone who can name the movie from which today’s post was taken. Clue: it’s over 25 years old. I love how nature can take whatever you’ve done and make it more interesting. Not to knock Child Harbat’s…
Roxaboxin and the Rise of the Glutards
Let’s start with Roxaboxin. Child Harbat is at the perfect age to write fiction. She hears and absorbs enough real-world information to have the good basis for a story but then mixes in her own thoughts and interpretations, sprinkles with…
Posted in Baking, Products, Writing Tagged with: celiac, CH, cruelty-free, diet, fads, free trade, gluten, intolerance, organic, paleo
Laying In for the Season
I’m a creature molded by my upbringing, my genes, and the long trail of forebears who had a harder life surviving and passing on all they could so I can be alive. One of the vestiges of this pre-programmed history…
Beer Successes, Beer Failures
When you’re a homebrewer, sometimes the product is greater than the sum of its parts and sometimes it’s a mess you pour down the drain. Three weeks ago I bottle my Harvest Ale, a lovely dark amber spiced ale made…
Your Reality, My Reality, Her Reality
Do you remember your dreams? I do, in resonant detail. I can remember dreams from childhood, and a strong or disturbing dream can echo throughout my day, which begs the question: where in “reality” do they exist? My reality is…
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