What's for Dinner? Eat the Market

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Saturday March 28, 2009 · 4:47 PM PDT

2009/03/28 · 16:47

Spring has sprung here in Northern California. The sky is bright and blue and the weather is warm enough for shirt sleeves. All of the cats (and there are a lot of them) are sprawled out in sunny patches, eyeing the bugs that fly by. And the garden is happiness incarnate. So what does this have to do with dinner? Plenty.

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 12:39 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 12:39

I’m so angry and hurt right now that I don’t even know how to begin writing this. My husband and I found out last night that his step-brother donated $500 to Yes on 8. We found out that my husband’s cousin is driving around town with a Yes on 8 bumper sticker on his minivan. That people I know, and have been kind to, are propagating this hatred makes me sick. That they have small children who are learning the family value of hate brings me to tears. Knowing that people I love, who have taught me so much about love and kindness, would not be welcome in the homes of this "family" makes me wonder just how the hell I’m supposed to get through Christmas.

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Monday June 16, 2008 · 1:39 PM PDT

2008/06/16 · 13:39

When I first thought about making this big change – from shopping at the supermarket to shopping and eating local, I was perhaps a bit rash. As I looked around my cupboard and saw row after row of store-bought items, I realized that the life I knew could not be sustained on the life I had aimed for. Getting 75% of my food from local sources is possibly feasible, but, to be honest, it’s more work than I’ve got in me. I mean, butter, milk and cheese – I don’t believe we have anyplace nearby making those items. Also, flour and sugars – I use 2 lbs of brown sugar a month. (Less in the summer, as I don’t bake as often. Baking is one of the great joys of my life. It soothes me when I’ve had a long and trying day, it gives my nervous hands something to do, and, let’s face it – the world smells better with cookies in the oven.)

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Sunday June 08, 2008 · 4:07 PM PDT

2008/06/08 · 16:07

I guess the best way to answer that question is how did I get here from there? There being a place where I consumed diet sodas by the six-pack, piles of potato chips and fast-food sushi almost daily. Eventually I gave up the diet sodas because I was worried about what those artificial sweeteners were doing to my body. High Fructose Corn Syrup (HCFS) wasn’t even a blip on my radar, but hydrolyzed oils (the monster that is trans-fat) was. For some reason I’d deduced that injecting unsaturated fat with water was, in fact, going to be just about the same as eating the saturated fat – maybe worse, because this was fake.

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Sunday January 27, 2008 · 10:26 PM PST

2008/01/27 · 22:26

Hope is a scary thing. Especially for a cynic like me.

Which is why I'm tempted to tell you that the reason that there's an Obama link in the top right corner of my website is because I dislike Hillary so much that I'll support the next most viable candidate to oppose her. I could tell you that the idea of a Hillary presidency gives me nightmares, thinking of all of the back room deals that will mean that the business of the last eight years will carry on as usual, to the detriment of my country, my civil rights, and my fellow Americans.

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Wednesday March 14, 2007 · 11:35 AM PDT

2007/03/14 · 11:35

Listening to NPR today, I heard something that gave me a smile. (And given the bulk of the news this morning, that’s saying something.) One of California’s largest dairy co-ops has voted to stop accepting milk which contains rBST.

What is rBST? The letters stand for recombinent bovine somatotrophin. Yumm! In function, it’s a growth hormone that can increase milk output from a dairy cow by up to ten pounds a day. A Day. Can you imagine producing ten pounds of anything a day? With nothing more than your body? Incredible. But I digress.

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Wednesday February 14, 2007 · 5:19 PM PST

2007/02/14 · 17:19

Today I learned something that made me smile. Not just smile. It made me hope. Today I learned something and that knowledge glows warmly, but dimly, like the light at the end of a really long tunnel.

Want to see something?

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Friday January 26, 2007 · 3:02 PM PST

2007/01/26 · 15:02

So, I'm driving to the doctor's office yesterday, and listening to NPR. And, they're doing this interview that talks about Bush's proposed health plan. You know, the one that gives you a $7500 deduction (for singles) for your health plan? The one that also taxes your health benefits as income from your employer. That one?

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 12:40 PM PST

2007/01/17 · 12:40

It starts like this: Once upon a time there were two little boys, who grew up on opposite ends of the country. They were American boys, and they grew up the same way, catholics, with siblings and working class parents. They went to school, were both popular with the girls, and they both took a walk or two on the wild side. High school came and went and when it was over, there was war. They were both very smart boys, and both tested into comfortable jobs, serving the Navy. Years went by and eventually, they met, and of course, became friends. And after a long weekend in California, when one boy met the other boy’s pretty sister, they became family as well. Who would have guessed that 20 years later both men would...wait. No.

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Friday January 05, 2007 · 4:39 PM PST

2007/01/05 · 16:39

Good afternoon, DailyKos Community,

Most of you won't know me - I am neither a prolific diarist, nor do I comment all that often. Still, I'm pretty far to the left, politics-wise, and dailykos is one of my first stops in my morning readings.

I'm writing to invite you over to my new blog, Blue House Diaries.

The site, Blue House Diaries, is a SoapBlox site, and thus, the navigation should feel comfortable to most users. The site is geared as a community for those of us on the left, but it is not primarily about politics. (Sure, there will be a lot of political discussion, as many of us are political creatures, but the focus is not politics.) Instead, I'm envisioning an all-encompassing site, which has a space for everything - religion, politics, food, health, science, gardening...really just about everything.

So, c'mon over and check the place out.

Hope to see you there.

Is that it, Mr. Edwards?

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Tuesday October 25, 2005 · 10:52 PM PDT

2005/10/25 · 22:52

I heard John Edwards speak tonight.

Wait, before I start, let me give you a minute (okay, maybe two) of background. In 2004, John Edwards was my man. His speeches moved me, his smile charmed me, almost everything I learned about him made me want him for my President. Needless to say, I was thrilled at the thought of sharing his airspace. Okay, read on. Read More

Where's the Big Tent?

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Friday July 22, 2005 · 3:20 PM PDT

2005/07/22 · 15:20

I read a lot in the liberal blogs about "Big Tent" thinking. The Dems should be a big tent, and let's let everyone into the big tent, because, well, it's big, and there's room for all of us.

Or is there?

More Below the fold, but first, some words from Dave:

Everybody's happy
Everybody's free
We'll keep the big door open
And everyone'll come around
Why are you different
Why are you that way
If you don't step in line
We'll lock you away
(excerpted from "Typical Situation" by Dave Matthews Band)
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