Grilling lamb, and singeing the blogger
Four months after Julie Powell finished her lamb feast, I’m trying my own. Here it’s just me eating, but it’s a whole butterflied leg of lamb, rubbed with fresh rosemary, parsley, basil, and oregano from my garden, and done on the grill for (so claims The Joy of Cooking twelve minutes on a side. So [...]
The Mothman makes Massachusetts
Jim Heaney posts another update, only a week after his last, from Dalton, MA, which he notes has brought non-stop rain and mosquitos along with a comparative dearth of scenery to his through-hike of the Appalachian Trail.
Question for the next year
Paul Krugman in the New York Times: “how can Congress or the public make informed votes if both are fed distorted information?” He’s writing about the trend of government agencies under this administration, in this instance the Treasury Department, to release incomplete information in a way that suppresses information that could put the Administration’s tax [...]
Once around the block
From the keiretsu: Esta writes about the Episcopalian decision to ordain a gay bishop, and some subsequent fallout in that community: “The greater public sees a large proportion of believers being hateful, and the church wonders why its numbers are dwindling?” The interesting part of that process, in my opinion, is the way the allegations [...]
