Entries from December 2009
I suppose this would be the place where I count up all the noteworthy events that occurred during the past year and list my resolutions for the new decade. But last night I watched a documentary about Howard Zinn, the radical historian, and it reminded me that what growing my own food here in the [...]
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It may just be impossible to take seriously what Washington Post reporters write in their blogs. Jay Mathews, the Post’s education reporter, says the “Healthy Schools” initiative introduced recently in the D.C. Council makes a big mistake by requiring the city’s children to engage in more physical activity. How, Matthews wonders, will they ever have [...]
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Fried eggs with leftover venison stew. Preparation time: 15 minutes Shopping: None What you see peeking out from between the eggs is a big dollop of sour cream, which completes my venison stew. This stew resembles a goulash with its abundance of thick, brown sauce. I love the way the yolks from the eggs mingle [...]
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