Remember this incident? The one where Alex effectively shot himself in the leg with shrapnel from an axe? It healed in place as the orthopedic doctor suggested, but only for nine months. In February, Alex’s thigh started hurting again. The pain was bearable for a few weeks but the inflamed feeling grew, especially when...
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Our household is a productive one. We are constantly making and doing and accumulating stuff. Our DIY activities are made possible by family chores using a variety of talents and tolerances. Alex generally handles anything involving the prospect of danger while I cover the gentler arts. I can tolerate messy things much more than...
Read more →Today Alex and I celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary. Eleven years!! It is hard to limit the list, but here are 11 things I love about being married to Alex: 1) He knows me and loves me for myself. 2) Better than just knowing, Alex indulges me with simple things, like the last bite...
Read more →I recently mentioned on twitter that having the first meat of the season hanging in the basement made me feel like our house was a home again. Someone (who are you? I can’t find the tweet now!) replied “It’s modern mistletoe!” That got me to thinking about how meat curing is a tasty metaphor...
Read more →I ate spaghetti with steamed garden dragon tongue beans, olive oil, pepper, chili flakes, and Parmesean cheese for dinner. I miss Alex who is in California on business. He is the reason we eat things other than pasta.
Read more →I am surrounded by fantastic fathers. These inspiring, caring men enrich the lives of Lil and I: l to r – Mitch, my dad; Mike, my uncle; Tom, Alex’s dad, click to enlarge My dad, Mitch, is patient and funny. He encouraged his four girls to be strong curious women, enduring the resulting loud...
Read more →Today’s guest post comes from the man of the homestead, Alex. This isn’t a sexist classification, it’s the truth: Alex lives with two female humans, two female dogs, and four female hens. He’s the only guy around to take on demanding issues like horse racing and distillery websites. Apparently there is a race-inside-the-race held...
Read more →I’m not back quite yet. April Fools! I convinced one more person to write for me this week, my husband Alex. Here’s a little bit from him about beer brewing. If you want more details or a tutorial, let me know in the comments. I’ve been brewing beer for over a decade now. The...
Read more →When I came home yesterday, Alex presented me with some fabulous buns. No, not those flat buns on my mud-footed, heron-tattooed, oyster-foraging husband. These sandwich buns! My baker-man was inspired to make buns at home instead of purchasing them at the grocery store as part of our Pantry Month challenge. He cooked these up...
Read more →Yesterday, Rachel shared our love story leading up to our marriage on December 30, 2000. I surprised her with this summary of our first ten years as husband and wife. I’m looking forward to the next ten years and beyond. – Alex 2001 – We were married at the Art Museum and then moved...
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