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Stealth Waddling With Mum

rickandkathy — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:10:28 +0000

Remember these guys? It turns out they weren't up on that roof just sight seeing. They were planning the routing for an important trek they would take in about a month, right around Mother's Day. We didn't see where they started, and without the call from Steve who saw them from the road, we probably wouldn't ...

Horse and Rider

rickandkathy — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:32 +0000

My Rick is a painter. He's also a poet, a cartoonist, and a lover of the "wild west" of his imagination. He's read every Larry McMurtrey novel ever written. Ditto for every Elmore Leonard western. Double-ditto for Cormac McCarthy. Half a ditto for A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Maybe that vein of wild-west yeehaw! is merely resonating with ...

Spring in the Air… Literally

rickandkathy — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:25:52 +0000

Before last night while we were grilling steak on the back patio, I hadn't really thought about how literal is the statement, "Spring is in the air." Canadian geese are just like their fellow human citizens: loyal, consistently handsome, and generally the first to arrive at a party and the last to ...

A Fresh Look at Spring Grunge

rickandkathy — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:42:26 +0000

Apparently, this takes me by surprise every year. I'm out on a walk on a day sometime shortly after the warm spring winds begin to blow and the mud appears, and I think, "You know, most people think this is an ugly time of year, but if you pay attention, there's a lot ...

How To Bake No-Knead Sourdough Rye Bread

rickandkathy — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:02:09 +0000

I've baked bread for a while but always was intimidated to try sourdough, until now. In fact, once I got the starter chugging along, it was ridiculously easy, so I thought I'd share the joy. To get the best flavor, and to accommodate the "no knead" part of the equation, the dough needs to rise about ...