Stephan Pastis Pearls Before Swine Pearls Before Swine, copyright 2005, is interesting for Stephan Pastis’s Introduction in which he comments on influences such as Mr. Bill on Saturday Night Live and Wylie E. Coyote. Not so compelling (to me) are the subsequent strips with Pig getting injured and Bob getting burned. I found that I…
Month: March 2015
Wick Irrigation
At Sadhana Forest, trees spring from once-barren land. This article in the 2015 March 23 print edition of the Christian Science Monitor on replanting once-barren lands is notable for its description of wick irrigation. I wonder how this might translate into open-weave sponge mats in drought-stricken California. Due to fire danger, the hillsides of California…
Desensitizing Your Sweet Tooth
The article Hooked on sweets? in the March 2015 Kaiser Permanente of Northern California newsletter recommends reducing your cravings for sweets by eating no or very little sugar or artificial sweetener for two weeks. Theoretically I agree with that recommendation – but in practice many people are going to switch to fatty and salty food…
Alameda in Living Color
Exiting the West End Branch of the Alameda Free Library at 7:15pm on 2015 March 16 I was treated to two beautiful sky displays. To the southeast there was a full rainbow against a grey backdrop (but, sadly, no rain) while to the northwest the setting sun set the horizon on fire.
Fruit Crisp
Winter Version Easy to make fruit crisp using Nutriate hot cereal mix. If you like softer apples, microwave the diced apples for 5 minutes. Squeeze the lemon over the apples. Optional: add extra (1 teaspoon) Ceylon cinnamon to the topping Fall Version