Snow Peas

by | Jun 25, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

I brought in the first snow peas to feed to the ravening boarders. The youngest loves snow peas though he insists on dissecting them first. He removes the tiny immature peas to eat then tears into the crunchy flesh. Watching him unsettles me a bit. He clearly...

Oocyan

by | Jan 16, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

Back in November an interloper showed up in our neighborhood. She was in the middle of a molt and didn’t look healthy at all. After posting “found chicken” notes on the local list serves a few times, I decided to keep her. She filled out nicely over...

Warrigal Greens

by | Jul 2, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

I harvested the last spinach from the garden a few weeks ago and have been keeping a bag in the fridge. I finished it off last night in a little sauté with some garlic scapes. This went on some pasta with tomato sauce. Garlic scapes make everything taste...

In my room

by | Jan 22, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

At 212 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” is “In My Room” sung by the Beach Boys and written by Brian Wilson and his buddy Gary Usher in Wilson’s bedroom when he was still a teen. Their age, in...

Indigent Larva

by | Jul 9, 2014 | Talk Dirt to Me

This summer I’ve accepted a challenge: I’m spending a few weeks with unscheduled children. I’ve never had this extended “opportunity” before because I’ve always been occupied so the children have gone to summer camps. One of the...