Sherry | June 8, 2010
Nearly every Friday morning Mauri heads over to Caravan Coffee for the weekly cupping. Mmhmm. That was a new term to me too. Wikipedia describes it thusly: “Coffee cupping, or coffee tasting, is the practice of observing the tastes and aromas of brewed coffee It is a professional practice but can be done informally by anyone or [...]
Sherry | June 7, 2010
I wish I could remember who said of my beloved son Ben: “He dispenses with pleasantries.” She nailed it. Ben gets to the point. Case in point (which is the point of this post): In Michigan a couple of weeks ago, Quinn, Ben, and I were riding together in my rental car. Me: We got [...]
Sherry | June 5, 2010
My road trip reporting wouldn’t be complete without two additional visits with, yes, more cousins. I seem to have a lot of cousins! Cousin Marcy, of Dundee, Illinois, is Paul’s dad’s (much older) sister’s daughter’s daughter. Got it? First cousin once removed. She is the only remaining member of that side of the family along [...]
Sherry | June 3, 2010
Our girl turns one today. And to celebrate we invited Mr. Darcy’s mom, Little Anne, to come for a doggie celebration. It seemed only right that the two should celebrate this important birthing anniversary together, don’tcha think? That a dog (or any animal or plant) can survive for an entire year in our household is [...]
Sherry | June 2, 2010
Didn’t I just say I was done talking about what I eat? Yea, well, Aj posted a comment that assured me my community is interested in what I eat. Go figure. I guess that’s all the permission I needed to jump right back in to food topic. During my six-month hiatus from normal food, I [...]
Sherry | June 1, 2010
Back before the century turned I lunched with some women in a home in Bellingham, Washington. Something in the conversation caused our host to show us what she kept in a Rubbermaid “Roughneck” in her kitchen. She lifted the lid and peeled off a sheet of thick black plastic to reveal thousands of worms swarming [...]