I flew out to Chicago-land yesterday to surprise my parents for a family reunion to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. They thought I was just being my usual non-communicative self when I didn’t respond to the original invitation. But my four sisters were all in on the scheme, which was to unveil me at a [...]
Nothing gets your motor running at the top of the morning like an 8 a.m. call from a friend saying, “I think your daughter has head lice.” That would be our friend Becky who had hosted daughter, 9, for a sleepover. She noticed head scratching and, since she had gone through an “all-consuming” infestation with [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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