There are grubs in my radishes, teeming in tiny multitudes at the roots every time I push back the leaves. I tried to convince myself at first that this was coincidental. The high incidence of grubs in the earth right next to my radishes was only … [Read more...]
A random list
May 14, 2014 By 1 Comment
- A story about someone who goes foraging and afterwards suspects she ate a poisonous plant. Only, the plant doesn't kill her. It makes her feel as if she needs to shed her skin. Perhaps she does. The story would be much better than it actually … [Read more...]
So good it hurts
April 24, 2014 By 1 Comment
I’ve been reading some things lately that are so good it hurts that I didn’t write them. This story by Travis Hessman at PANK. Everything by Roxane Gay on tumbr. It’s what I felt the first time I read Wendell Berry–his novel Jayber Crow. So happy … [Read more...]
This time of year
April 6, 2014 By 1 Comment
This time of year is like the sound of an orchestra warming up after a long, quiet season in the concert hall. The hint of violin there. The rattle of the cymbals. Faint and scattered at first before the cacophony that will come with all the … [Read more...]
The back roads in the rain
April 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
A friend and I are taking a master naturalist class at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. It’s eight weeks of three and a half hour classes every Wednesday at the visitor’s center just up the road. Last night was mammal night, which is not nearly … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: What Woody learned at Hanover
March 31, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This Saturday, the college’s most famous alum, Woodrow Tracy Harrelson, came back home to receive an honorary degree. From what I hear, he hung with the men in his fraternity and spent some time with the theater folks. A big group of alums who went … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: seeds in the ground
March 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
There may be snow, but that didn't keep me from putting a few seeds in the ground this weekend. I got out there Saturday, before the temperatures plummeted and the snow started falling. We have a raised bed in the backyard, and one of the advantages … [Read more...]
How to make black bean pizza
March 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
One of my family’s favorite meals is homemade pizza–a black bean pizza. I make the dough in the bread machine and it takes an hour and fifty minutes. I used to put the ingredients in at any old time of the day. The dough can sit in the bread machine … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: While you were gone
March 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
We encountered some brief technical difficulties at You Think Too Much this past week, but appear to be back up and running now. It seems like one of those things that when your blog is down, you have all these wonderful ideas for blog posts to write … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: A windy walk in February
February 24, 2014 By 1 Comment
As you're reading this, I'm on my way to Key West, where it is not snowing. Where there is no chance of snow. Where the temperature will reach the upper 70s, and I'll remember again what it feels like to be that warm. But last week before I left, … [Read more...]
