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The Anatomy of a Healthy but Really Delicious Pizza…

Okay. So this pizza was delicious. I say “was” and not “is” because I ate more than half of it for dinner and I’ll likely eat the rest before the night is out. Anyhow, this post is more about the crust than what is on it (because you can really put whatever you like onContinue reading “The Anatomy of a Healthy but Really Delicious Pizza…”

A Crescent Moon, Pink Sky, a Murder of Crows, and a few other Things I Saw while Riding My Bike Today…

So a couple things. Firstly, as I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Western New York has been experiencing an incredibly beautiful autumn. Each day is nicer than the next. And the evening’s skies are simply spectacular. Because it has been getting dark earlier, as I leave the health club in the evening it is just beforeContinue reading “A Crescent Moon, Pink Sky, a Murder of Crows, and a few other Things I Saw while Riding My Bike Today…”

Bread!

I made this bread tonight. Made the preferment while I took a nap after work, mixed the dough before I went to the health club, and baked it while I ate dinner. Beautiful, delicious, and easy to make. And it is, of course, made with 100% whole wheat flour. Honey-oatmeal. I’ve posted this recipe–and variationsContinue reading “Bread!”

Five or Ten Quotes from John Lennon…

John Winston Lennon Born on this day 73 years ago. “It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.”   “As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.” “I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as anContinue reading “Five or Ten Quotes from John Lennon…”

Things That can be Carried on a Bike (#529 & #530)…and a brief comment

#529 (above)…two loaves of freshly baked bread on their way to my church for World Communion Sunday,  and a change of clothes wrapped in a plastic bag (so I would have dry clothes to change into when I arrived as it was pouring rain). #530 (below)…A cardboard box full of food on its way toContinue reading “Things That can be Carried on a Bike (#529 & #530)…and a brief comment”

On Cooking for One’s Self…

That’s Maxwell and Franklin above staring at me while I cook my dinner. By the look in their eyes you’d think that I never feed them…but they just finished eating their dinner. So what do they have to do with cooking for One’s Self? Well, not much on the one hand, but on the other,Continue reading “On Cooking for One’s Self…”

Something I saw while riding a bike today…

H.H. Richardson Complex, or more commonly known as the old section of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center. Straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, right? It’s actually not as creepy looking in real life…more impressive than creepy (ok, at night it still is pretty creepy). After years of vacancy and neglect it’s finally being refurbished againContinue reading “Something I saw while riding a bike today…”

Five or Eleven Quotes from Ram Dass

Photo Credit. Ram Dass Born, Richard Alpert, April 6, 1931 “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” “The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can’t have it. The minute you don’t want power, you’ll have moreContinue reading “Five or Eleven Quotes from Ram Dass”

A few views from my handlebars…

 Another incredibly beautiful evening to be on a bike. It was crazy busy today at work facing the stove so it felt especially good to be out in the open air. These photos are in chronological order from top to bottom; I shot them about 15 minutes apart. The above one is facing east andContinue reading “A few views from my handlebars…”

Things That can be Carried on a Bike (#526)

A camera bag, a book bag, and a cardboard box containing 10lbs. of whole wheat flour, a pound of yeast, 2 quarts of milk, and 5lbs. of dog food. Urban Simplicity.

Pesto!

Pesto is similar to sofrito in that it is both an ingredient and a stand-alone recipe. It can be eaten as is–as a dip or spread–or added to recipes as a flavor enhancer. The word loosely translates from the Italian as “pounded,” because this was originally made with a mortar and pestle. But with theContinue reading “Pesto!”

Sometimes I just gotta use my feet…

If you’ve been to this blog previously one of the things you know about me is that I like to ride bikes. A lot. But sometimes nothing will do except using my own two feet and walk. Today was just that day. Autumn is my favorite season of the year and the weather here inContinue reading “Sometimes I just gotta use my feet…”