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Archive: July 2014

Oatmeal Scones with Currants

Ingredients 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 2 cups rolled oats 1/4 cup dark brown sugar 4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2- 2/3 cup dried currants 1 stick of butter 1 egg, well beaten 1 tsp vanilla 1 tbs...

Making the Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made a new recipe for chocolate chip cookies today. They were really, really good. I’m recording my notes here so I can remember what I did. So I was reading this post at serious eats: The Food Lab: The Science of the Best Chocolate Chip...

Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology

Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology by Helen Vendler (The third edition is quite expensive, but you can buy used copies of the second edition for as little as $2 plus shipping. That’s $6. A steal.) “This book offers ways...

Ben’s Birthday

Today my Ben celebrated his fifth birthday. What a joyful day it was. He opened his presents right after breakfast so that he’d have the whole day to enjoy them. (Of course this pretty much shot the heck out of our school day, so I declared a...

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