CREATING A RURAL LIFE.
New event for the summer farm olympics: Canning! And yes, I would win the gold. I know it’s cliche, but we’re completely hooked on the Olympic coverage and it’s just so fitting.
Today, was a marathon: 24 half pints of Pear Butter Infused w/Vanilla Bean & Rosemary, 9 pints of Whole Pears in Brandy w/Cinnamon, and [...]
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Recently Read:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!Rating: 3 out of 5 mammoth sunflowers
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Meh. Story good. Ending disappointing.Rating: 2 out of 5 ugly tomatoes
Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
I hesitated long and hard before finally reading this book. And I adored it. Open yourself up to life (love and god) and it will open up to you. Rating: 5 out of 5 lunar carrots
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Barbara Kingsolver
Living my life, but better, with more resources, more money, more knowledge. Annoying and inspiring.Rating: 3 out of 5 green tomatoes
Telex from Cuba - Rachel Kushner
Life of American families in pre-Castro cuba. Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 thai chilis
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Raised a girl, but truly a boy. Greek tragi-comedy. Rating: 5 out of 5 bushel basket gourds
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood - Janisse Ray
Girl grows up in junkyard in backwoods of southwest Georgia. Learns to appreciate the beauty around her. Rating: 4 out of 5 black cherry tomatoes
The Girl With No Shadow - Joanne Harris
The sequel to Chocolat. Fear and comfort overrule a life of magic and adventure.Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 mini green peppers
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Hard, odd luck befalls a young man during the Depression (of course, he wasn't alone). His life is forever altered by a traveling circus.Rating: 4 out of 5 white eggplant
A Servant's Tale - Paula Fox
The offspring of a once wealthy landowner and his maid, a girl grows up in a life of tentative servitude in South America.Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5 honeydew melons
Dream Jungle - Jessica Hagedorn
Set in the Philippines, a huge war movie is shot near the site of a supposedly just found lost tribe. Unrelated events intertwined by common threads and characters. A good read, but no real ending or resolution.Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5 honeydew melons
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
Last book in the series. I have to admit I love these books for what they are. I guess I'm still a kid at heart.Rating: 4 out of 5 chocolate frogs
Boomsday - Christopher Buckley
Satirical look at social and political warfare between Baby Boomers and the next generation over US debt and social security orchestrated by an idealistic blogger/spin doctor. Rating: 3 out of 5 hot peppers
A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
Four strangers, each contemplating suicide, meet on a rooftop on New Year's Eve. Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 hot peppers
The Cheese Monkeys - Chip Kidd
Kind of pretentious black comedy about art students in the 1950s. Rating: 3 out of 5 yellow squash
Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood
The world has become a wasteland and mankind driven to the brink of destruction due to rampant genetic engineering by unchecked science-based corporations. Rating: 3 out 5 ears of corn
Tobacco Road - Erskine Caldwell
Tragic yet comedic tale of incredibly poor and ignorant sharecroppers in Georgia. Rating: 3 out of 5 watermelons