I went to look up the saints for September 16 and oh, my! Some times when I do this the saints are obscure to me. Not so much this time. These were some amazing people. Start with Saint Cyprian of Carthage. He was a bishop in Carthage who survived the persecutions of Emperor Decius in [...]
A mysterious kitchen tool that I was given. The box says "terbuat dari bahan stainless steel". I believe it means "made from stainless steel" in Indonesian. I couldn't get a readable picture of the instructions so I have transcribed them. Multi-functionStainless Steel Pressure Surface MachineThank you very much for choosing our products to serve you [...]
Working in downtown Washington, DC, fifty years ago meant that at lunch I occasionally walked to the National Gallery of Art where at the time, the gallery showed films about various artists. One of the films was about Toulouse-Lautrec. I remember only that I liked him and was very surprised by his art. The Shy [...]
Two amazing articles crossed paths with me this week. The author of the first piece has a tagline that says, “String is far more important than the wheel in the pantheon of inventions." https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-long-knotty-world-spanning-story-of-string/ As a spinner myself, I am very open to this idea. I do admit that I have never thought of string [...]
I had a new thought in my ongoing bread experiments. It actually suggests that I’ve been a bit stupid. But here’s the thing. Recipes for soudough bread nearly universally suggest that you cook the bread at a high temperature for the effect on the crust, and rise, and all kinds of bready things. But! I [...]
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