Happy Halloween! I've been silent for a good long while, I know, and it has been an eventful seven months or so. I had a sad sort of summer, but I didn't really notice how sad it had been until the weather changed in late September, the air suddenly cooling and lightening as the heavy …
Author: Garden Correspondent
On-Ke Wilde 1937-2017
takes talent there are two kinds of human beings in the world so my observation has told me namely and to wit as follows firstly those who even though they were to reveal the secret of the universe to you would fail to impress you with any sense of the importance of the news and …
The best cup of tea ever
This past Monday night, I made myself a cup of herbal tea as I always do, adding a scoop of collagen powder for good measure (this will likely make perfect sense to a few people and strike others as bizarre, but I won't get into it now). It's a nightly routine, and I mostly do …
Traveling
I always see this sign on the way to JFK airport. There are plenty of billboards and signs along that road, of course, but this one doesn't change from year to year and it makes me smile every time I see it. Finally, I had the presence of mind to snap a quick photo of …
Popcorn chicken
Actually I can't believe that Popcorn Chicken is an actual thing. For those of you lucky enough not to have encountered this disgusting idea, it may come as a relief to learn that the thought of it is more horrible than the thing itself, which is innocuous. It is basically small scraps of chicken aggressively salted and …