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Verbless VVednesdays
Needlepoint by grandmother “Addie-Babe” Sachs. Still sick. URGH!! The mending slow. Thanks for the seed catalogs, Johnny’s, and the canning book, JZ! I’ll be (verb) back soon!
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This Year’s Garden – A Sneak Peek!
— My luscious summer garden begins in the dark, in my bed, on a hopeful scrap of paper. – The nice thing about being really, really, really, super, really sick in January is that January is when my...
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The Perfect BLT
— Standing in the way between me and my inner vegan. – You can keep your Daube de Boeuf, your Oeufs Meurette, and your Salmon Dijonnaise; nothing floats my boat like a well-constructed BLT. In my book,...
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The Legend of Good Sh*t
— The Legend of Good Sh*t is heard far and wide ’round these parts. – Two things things that have become abundantly clear to me at The Muddy Kitchen: 1. No matter how big your tractor is, it’s never...
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Down at The Sugar Shack
— It takes all day, a bottle of bourbon, an old guitar, a handful of neighbors and 50 gallons of sap to make just a few jars of maple syrup. – When the warm winds blow in and begin to melt my snowy...
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My Big, Fat, Homemade Butter
— Yes, Virginia, I make my own butter. – Nothing says ‘We’re in the country now’ like making your own butter. “You make your own butter?! OMGasp!” Well, actually, it’s not all that hard to make butter....
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Ramps in Canaan
– Nothing says early spring at The Muddy Kitchen like the pale-bottomed pickled ramp. - There are a million little signs that quietly whisper d’early spring at The Muddy Kitchen: the house flies that...
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Your Whole Hog Starts with My Juicy Hay
– Keep the bales turned sideways on the hill or else they go careening down into the pond – an embarrassing story the neighbors will surely retell for decades. - FLASHBACK FRIDAYS (With my usual...
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World Markets
– You must use at least a few French words to navigate the colorful fresh markets in Paris. - I do my traveling mouth-first, armed with scraps of paper with the scribbled addresses of must-try street...
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My Favorite Place to Eat in the Whole World
– I like a good oyster buzz early in the morning. - I am an indulge-er. I enjoy doing nothing in the most profound way. I like lolling around in bed way longer than is decent. I like shopping. I like...
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If Children Were Seedlings
If children were seedlings I’d spend all day in the sun with them, humming some little songs, digging and using a watering can. I’d study up on how to properly raise each type of them, do some...
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