The Squadron of the Flying Chickens – Adventures in Urban Homesteading – Raising Chickens for Eggs

My friends who raise chickens had the permission of their neighbors to put their chickens into their yard for some pecking. They put a ladder up to see if the chickens might return using it. These two never made it to the other side. Having been perched at the top of the ladder, they turned [...]

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Chocolate and Chili – Melting Like the Ring In Mount Doom

A friend of mine once told me about putting some a little chocolate in chili and I have been doing it ever since. Now I think it is best to use dark chocolate which has less sweetness to it, but I sometimes also use dark milk chocolate because I do not mind just a touch [...]

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Teapot, Schmeepot – The Stein of Tea or Making Constant Comment Manly – A Giant Cuppa

When growing up in Pakistan, my mother and a dear Scottish “Auntie” would make a huge pot of tea and drink it between the two of them. They were rather addicts, and I am afraid so am I. It is not that I particularly dislike teapots (I am drinking a cup of tea poured out [...]

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A Steamy Night in St. Louis – Ted Drewes Frozen Custard – Image and Background

I actually made it to the St. Louis institution of Ted Drewes twice today, and to my credit I did not order anything the second time around, though my kind friends did give me some bites. I was pleased to be able to capture the image above in relatively low light, though I had to [...]

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Up With the Chickens – Keeping Chickens in the City – Urban Homesteading

I think the first picture in this set makes it pretty clear, that, despite the title of this post, I was not “up with the chickens” during the stint when I was “chicken sitting” for friends, as this chook looks pretty testy, “Dude, where have you been? We’ve been up for hours. Let us out [...]

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Morning Jolt – Coffee at Meshuggah Cafe – St. Louis Loop

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at trader joe’s

at trader joe’s i feel the energy of people getting deals the sense of making steals and living to tell about them (that’s half the pleasure) like walmart after thanksgiving but without obesity i check out and in my heart I feel the insidious energy of scorn __________ caveat: I really don’t have much against [...]

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How shall we speak of weight?

In writing for Catapult magazine, I have written about pornography, grieving, conflict, and race, but seldom has the prospect of articulating my thoughts and feelings about a topic been harder than writing about weight. My interior landscape as it reflects on my own external form and also how we talk about such issues with one [...]

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Adriana’s on the Hill – St. Louis, Missouri

Located at 5101 Shaw Blvd, on the Hill in St. Louis, a neighborhood burgeoning with Italian restaurants, Adriana’s is a warm, sunny spot to go for lunch summer or winter, sunshine or rain. That is because every time I have gone Adriana herself has been at the counter and chatted warmly as she takes my [...]

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Red, Hot

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