MARCYINCNY1's Apr 2008 CalorieKing Blog
And They're Off...
Tuesday, April 8th 2008
Like a lot of folks I'm dealing with all the leaves that dropped late last year and then got covered with early snow. I'd rather be working in the potager but the leaves really have to be cleaned up. Still it's good weather and good exercise.Meanwhile I wasn't paying attention and the first tomato seedlings–especially the Sweeties–were already too tall for the cover and getting leggy this morning. They may not look like much now but in a few months...
Now I have to figure ...
Lax
Sunday, April 6th 2008
Last week the SU men's lacrosse team was ranked no.1 for the first time in a while and yesterday they beat Princeton here at home with some exciting play. They had a big crowd, about 6500, but it's still a low-keyed event compared to other sports and the game itself is a pleasure to watch with lots of speed and strategy on a big green field, even if it's under a goofy dome here in Syracuse....
Finally
Friday, April 4th 2008
In a world increasingly gone mad there's a bit of life-affirming joy to be found in placing an heirloom tomato seed in some dirt.
...even though two of the Burpee envelopes were labeled "origin Thailand" and "origin China".
On the other hand I also have some Italian seeds this year with everything written on the envelopes in Italian.
tomato Brandywine, Black Krim, Persimmon, Marvel Stripe, Green Zebra, Costoluto Fiorentino, San Marzano, Golden Ma...
In Defense of Food
Thursday, April 3rd 2008
"Much of what lines supermarket aisles is not food. It's merely foodlike, and it's making us sick.""Avoid [eating] anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize."
-two recent comments from Michael Pollan
( "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" )
I am so very, very lucky to have been born and raised a food snob. I'm just beginning to realize that this is a fundamental reason I've been able to lose so much weight this past year.
Unfortunat...
"Bad Voodoo's War"
Wednesday, April 2nd 2008
We watched FRONTLINE last night. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/badvoodoo/
The entire program was disturbing but the part that we found absolutely chilling was Sgt. Nunn advising his men to put loosened tourniquets on their legs in case they hit an IED. Then when one of their humvees does hit an IED they stand around all day in the scorching sun waiting for Kellogg Brown & Root before another platoon finally comes along and helps them.
And this all takes place duri...
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