A Song of Peace
A sad and difficult day. I first heard this song, “A Song of Peace” at a friend’s memorial service this summer. The tune is Finlandia by Sibelius and the words are by a poet named Lloyd Stone (1912 – 1993).…
Local Raspberries
Mohan and I went to Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester today to pick Raspberries and made jam this evening. The farm was purchased by the town of Winchester in 2007. There is a field of mature raspberry bushes, about a half…
Harold McGee — Using the Microwave to Make Candy
After four years of trying (and failing) to make the perfect caramel corn, I’m eager to try out some of Harold McGee’s microwave candy recipes, shared in the 12/22/10 issue of The New York Times. McGee is the author of…
The Hated and the Hater, Both Touch by Crime
This moving story by Timothy Williams in the 7/19/11 edition of the New York Times is a question and answer with the now late Anthony Stroman, a Dallas stonecutter, who shot people he believed were Arabs following the 9/11 attacks…
Howard Stein, 84: Helped Teach the Public How to Invest
Howard Stein obituary from the New York Times, 7 Stein helped bring stock and bond investing to the general public. Created the first “no load” money market fund. He was an early critic of the Vietnam war.
Lobster Liberation Makes the News
I was always intrigued and amused by the lobster liberations taking place at the Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in Medford, MA. Recently, Reuters did an article on a recent outing, which was followed by pieces in several other…
Eggless Whole Wheat Pancakes
After much trial and error, I seem to have arrived at an eggless, whole wheat pancake recipe that works. Please note that this recipe uses an egg replacer (ener-g egg replacer available at Whole Foods and online and I’m sure…
Charlotte’s Tangled Web
Just finished reading Charlotte’s web to my son, out loud, for the third time. You probably remember the story — a barnyard spider named Charlotte’s saves a pig named Wilbur’s life by weaving words into her web. I love this…
The House @ Huntington Homes
I went to the see the house under construction at Huntington Homes in Vermont on June 6th. Adam walked me through. I reached there in about 3 1/2 hours from Boston, thanks in part to the loan of my sister’s…
Local Blueberries
Mohan and I are making our way through the summer picking local fruits and making them into jam . . . We started with rhubarb and mint from the Fayerweather Street School garden, moved on to strawberries from Verrill Farm…