3 Things: eggplant, summery smiles, pirate talk

1) Standing together at the kitchen island, cutting onions and garlic and breaking eggs.  We talk and kiss and sing to the songs on the radio.  I whisk, he layers.  Soon there is the delicious smell of eggplant and spinach lasagna baking in the oven. 
2) Stopping by my parents’ house where I can smell the coming [...]

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Agriculture the Root of All Evil?

I just finished reading The Story of B, a book sent to me by a coworker whose daughter is also reading Daniel Quinn.  It’s a pretty interesting novel that anyone into anthropology, history, world religion, and science should read. If you’re mainly into fiction for plot and character, however, this isn’t really well written in that respect.  [...]

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A Book Meme: Gory Sarajevo vs. Passionate C.J.’s Fate

I’ve been tagged by TheAgedCat to complete a meme. Thanks, Aged! I was struggling with my next post, so this is a nice jump to get back into the daily (semi-daily) groove. I’m a meme virgin, I have to admit. Befitting, though, that my first one involves books. Luckily I’m not in my old bedroom, [...]

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A Garden of Inspiration

If you look very closely through the keyhole, deep into the garden, you’ll see an elderly woman painting.
I snapped this picture while working on an undergraduate Archeology project about historic houses in my old college town (Chestertown). I met the owner of the house (the aforementioned painter) and she told me some [...]

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