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    Tender short ribs the easy way

    There’s not much better than tender, meaty barbecued short ribs.  It can take a lot of tending to cook them just right  so they’re mouth-melting tender, moist, and with just the right level of smoky good taste.   If you toss those meaty slabs straight on the grill, you’ll get tough meat.  That’s because the meat [...]

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Birds and Beasts

Alien cattle

Somewhere there's an alien cow barn missing a calf. Look, the alien calf's big sister came to visit, too. It's an alien ...

Cows! More cows!

Rosie, our Jersey cow, isn't pulling her weight.  Sure, that premature calving was a setback, and a gal needs time ...

New Year’s Eve Musings

I've been spending a lot of time with the Jersey cow and her preemie calf.    When viewed from the side, ...

Garden

Garden experiments

When I start a new batch of seedlings, I tend to plant a few extra.  Or a lot extra.  I like to allow for mishaps and disasters.  Last fall, I planted a lot extra because we had more than our share of garden disasters last year.
I like to be prepared.
The only fall seedling disaster was [...]

Good Eats Here

Easy whole wheat crackers

If you’ve never had fresh, made from scratch crackers, you’re missing out on one of life’s simple joys.
I used to make homemade crackers all the time.  They’re easy, and they don’t take much time.  I think I stopped because I made bread all the time, too, and we didn’t need both around to snack on.  But [...]

Wild Things

Gulls at play

Gulls aren’t what usually comes to mind when I think of Missouri birds.  We have lots this time of year though.  I took a half hour off for birdwatching earlier this week on a return trip from a family visit near Truman Lake, and I found a flock of gulls just waiting to entertain me.  [...]

Perspectives

And still more snow

The office cat loves snowy weather.  She sits at the window for hours, though not because she wants to play outside.  She’s there for the influx of wild birds drawn to the feeders.   Granted, the birds come other days, too, but just a few, now and then.  When snow blankets their world, hiding much of [...]