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Happy Two-Faced New Year!

January 4, 2023

Bust of Janus

Wherein the Romans knew the best way to celebrate the new year was to get totally two-faced. I remember big New Year’s Eve celebrations: parties and laughter and even singing and dancing beneath the Space Needle. Now, 53 and living in a small town, I spent last New Year’s Eve watching the Panther City Lacrosse … Read More

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut, Sometimes You Don’t

October 12, 2022

Squirrel with acorns

Wherein people throughout the ages know eating acorns doesn’t always mean you eat like a pig. Have you ever wondered if the squirrels might be onto something,” The Farmer’s Almanac asks. I’ve never wondered if they’re on to something, but by gosh I’ve wondered if they’re up to something. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed…I just know they’re … Read More

She’s as Medicinal as Tupelo Honey

August 18, 2022

Honey at a medieval market

In which medieval Europeans know honey is just the thing to treat an arrow stuck in your face. A great literary figure, almost Aristotelian in his classification of the natural world, once said, “The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey…And the only reason for making honey is so … Read More

Mashed Potato Time

August 4, 2022

Drawing Rations

Wherein combatants in the American Civil War know nothing keeps a soldier in fighting trim like a wad of compressed vegetables. “Avast, ye scurvy dogs” kids playing pirate will shriek before making their friends walk the plank. While we might chuckle at a little bit of elementary school keelhauling, scurvy itself was a serious concern … Read More

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Bust of Janus

Happy Two-Faced New Year!

January 4, 2023

Squirrel with acorns

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut, Sometimes You Don’t

October 12, 2022

Honey at a medieval market

She’s as Medicinal as Tupelo Honey

August 18, 2022

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