It rained an hour ago. I got up to make tea and realized these were all over the floor. I dont even know where they’re coming in and i dont care. Im going to bed. They’re crustaceans. When the moisture dries up, they’ll die.
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A Dead Coyote
When i left the property before dawn there was no dead coyote beside my neighbor’s fence. When i returned home around 2:30 pm there was a dead coyote and about 16 buzzards tipping the carcass apart. one of the birds had a bit of it in its beak and was pulling it east while another …
A Rare Downpour
It actually rained for about an hour today. It down-poured for a portion of it. We got an inch of rain when all was said and done. We just need about 45 more feet of it before the rivers and lakes are fixed. Im not being ungrateful. Im grateful, im just also a realist.
Catfish
The crust is gluten free. It was an experiment. It could have done with twice as much time in the oven. However, i refused. The fish was perfect. The fish was done. I refused to ruin the fish for the crust’s sake. F the crust. I LOVE catfish in a way that i dont love …
The Cicadas and Katydids Arrive
A Homegrown Plum
When working in the hill country there is always the chance that your patients’ family members will bring in produce and set a box of it on the table for people to take one each. So far this year theres been peaches and plums brought in. However, in past years people have brought squash, tomatoes, …
Century Plant
It got confused as to which way was up. This agave is in fact putting up a spine…its just curved and kind of stuck in the fence. Anyways, this is its last hurrah as after this action the plant dies.
My Relationship with Cooking
It’s not that i hate cooking. It is more that i hate not doing good food justice. My mother is a chef. Ive also had the privilege of tasting seafood freshly caught from the ocean and tasting fruit freshly picked and veg still with dirt on it from the garden it was pulled from that …
A Sheep at a Stoplight
Only in the country.
The Fruit Growing Hack of Produce Bags
The grasshoppers eat all my berries. They eat everything! I figured out a hack a couple years ago. I go buy mesh produce bags with a cinch cord at the grocery store and put them over young berries. It allows them to grow while hidden away from the grasshoppers reach. Then when its ripe i …