What’s for supper? A wonderful dish of chicken with artichokes and mushrooms in a sauce flavored with sherry and rosemary. How long this takes to cook depends on whether you use fresh artichokes...
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It’s Dark Times, Harry. Dark Times.
Increasingly it feels that we are living in a film, or a bad dream from which we cannot escape. This isn’t the reality I know, anyway. I think all of us feel a little...
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Chicken with Onion Jam
Easy, tasty — and something a little different from the same ole, same ole chicken breast. This quick onion jam is made with dijon and whole grain mustard, and a couple of tablespoons of...
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Sausage and Roasted Garlic Pasta
So day 394 of bunkering down . . . just kidding. But it feels like it, dammit! Here is an easy comfort food recipe sure to make your tummy smile. We need all the...
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On Being an Armchair Traveler
As the entire world grapples with covid-19, and people’s lives are at best completely up-ended, and at worst in imminent danger, I know the greatest impact I can make is to emulate the giant...
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October 2019 Calendar Wallpaper
Here we are at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. I took this photograph on the Matrimonial Mesa hike close to sunset on my visit there in the spring of 2017. This is one of...
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Italian Sausage with Grapes
Sausages with grapes, so simple, and SO tasty. Salsicce all’uva is a traditional vineyard worker’s dish, and one of the few examples in Italian cookery where fruit is included in a savory dish. This meal brings...
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September 2019 Calendar Wallpaper
September 2019! I love the fall, and while it’s still hot in Texas, I look forward to cooler weather and one of my favorite times of the year. For the September calendar image, I’ve...
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August 2019 Calendar Wallpaper
Is it really already August?! This month, I’ve chosen a sunrise photograph from my spring trip to Big Bend National Park for the August 2019 Calendar. As some of you know, I’ve been...
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