When I turn the wall calendar to the September page, I go into denial about the approaching end of summer. At the farmers market, I continue purchasing summer produce until the last day it’s available. Preserving produce also helps keep summer alive in the kitchen. For example, in the recipe I am sharing here, the […]
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Clair de Lune
Well, this was quite a weekend, let me tell you. Apparently there was something called a Pisces Moon on Saturday, which is supposed to turn people like myself who have a birthday between Feb. 19 and March 20 into wicked and fantastic werewolves. Or so I am told; honestly I’m so checked out on the […]
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Better Git it in Your Soul
Having grown up in love with the work of Charles Mingus, I am excited for Thursday’s show. Which is good news because there hasn’t been much else in the world inspiring joy for me lately. I can’t imagine that I’m the only one, either. The lack of pretense surrounding our society’s slip into open authoritarianism […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 23
It’s the end of the work week and the beginning of that all-too-brief recess we call the weekend, so let’s not waste any time — or money — and go straight to the inexpensive thrills with two $5 dance options. Over at Humbrews at 9 p.m. it’s the ninth installment of Soul Party and this […]
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Preach, Manic Street Preachers
As I write this, I am watching the snow melt on my porch in the early afternoon of a bank holiday Monday. What could be more wholesome and Peanuts-esque than snow on President’s Day? Well, how about living in a country where children don’t get slaughtered at school on Valentine’s Day? All because a group […]