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Simple Pasta Recipe = Comfort Food

I had mentioned in recent posts on how I am in a particularly stressful period right now at work. Crazy busy. Just one lunch and dinner after another. Today, at one point, I think I was making five different recipes simultaneously while I was also directing my staff. I’m not mentioning this to be aContinue reading “Simple Pasta Recipe = Comfort Food”

Five Quotes from Benjamin Franklin

“I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”  “Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until they are seventy five.”  “Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.” “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”  “When you are finished changing, you’re finished.”  Yes, IContinue reading “Five Quotes from Benjamin Franklin”

The View from My Handlebars, Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#405)…and a brief comment

I had a crazy day at work today (I’ve been saying this a lot lately)…rushing around for most of the morning and afternoon, and then just before the workday was done a planning committee informed me of everything they have not liked for the past yearly quarter…which was pretty much everything. Needless to say, betweenContinue reading “The View from My Handlebars, Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#405)…and a brief comment”

Kibbeh wa Kafta

Kibbeh and Kafta are two Lebanese meat recipes that are somewhat similar yet at the same time a bit different. While they are both often made with lamb they are equally good when made with beef (as the recipe pictured is). And the recipe can take on many forms, this is just one example. IContinue reading “Kibbeh wa Kafta”

A Year From Now…

 Image found here. Hokey as these may seem, I stumbled upon them independently a day apart and they really resonated with me. Hmmm…is something trying to nudge me a long?  These, I think, can be targeted at anyone…and taken literally or metaphorically. So how about you? What about now…. Image found here. Urban Simplicity.

A Few Views from My Handlebars

It has been magnificently autumnal these past few days. Crisp and chilly air, and great weather to ride a bike in (you don’t sweat). Anyhow these photos were taken yesterday and today; all while I was out doing errands. They were also taken with my little $99 point-and-shoot camera which fits so nicely in myContinue reading “A Few Views from My Handlebars”

Sept Jours…

A couple things… Firstly, this photo was taken during a heavy rain…the beginnings of Sandy, no doubt.  It’s a burning bush and looks beautiful–I think–glistening and dripping in the rain. What’s interesting–I also think–is that if you zoom in on the droplet you can see a reflection of me taking the photo. Hmmm… Anyhow–and anotherContinue reading “Sept Jours…”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#402 & #403)

#402 (above)…a plastic bag containing an extra pair of dry pants which I changed into after arriving at church soaking wet from riding in the rain. #403 (below)…A canvas bag containing wet gym clothes; a BikeRev trailer containing 3 liters of red wine and $62.57 worth of groceries. Urban Simplicity.

Eating Local…Pizza Della Casa

If you’ve been to this blog before you know that I make a lot of bread and a fair amount of pizza, and most of it is made using 100% whole wheat flour. This is the case of the pizza pictured here. And I’m proud of this pizza (not that I’m not proud of otherContinue reading “Eating Local…Pizza Della Casa”

Rain…photos and comments (about riding in it)

I took these photos just out my front door as I left for work today…droplets and small pools of rain rolling off two Brussels sprout plants in my front yard. It was raining pretty hard and it has rained all day; according to the weather forecast it is supposed to rain for the next fourContinue reading “Rain…photos and comments (about riding in it)”

The Soup that I Grew…

There is, I believe, nothing more satisfying than a good bowl of soup and homemade bread. Okay…so maybe there is, but you’ve got to admit the combination is really good. Anyhow, believe-it-or-not, I am still harvesting vegetables from the garden in the rear of my house (yes, in October and in Western NY). I madeContinue reading “The Soup that I Grew…”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#401)

A canvas gym bag containing wet clothes, and a double order of Chinese take-out. Urban Simplicity.

(another) View from my handlebars…

Dusk and dawn…my two favorite times of the day. It was unseasonably warm today…79F/26C…and it was such a lovely night to be on a bicycle and use it as transportation. This photo was taken about 6:30pm looking east. To see other views, click here. Urban Simplicity.

Big Sky…a vew from my handlebars

I was at the corner of Delaware and Summer Street this evening when I stopped my bike to take this photo. I was on my way to the health club and was so taken by the seen before me I pulled over to the side of the road and snapped a couple pictures (and toContinue reading “Big Sky…a vew from my handlebars”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#400)

Front rack…a large cardboard box containing four pans of food on it’s way to a local food pantry: roast potatoes, haricots verts, and stuffed baby vegetables.  Rear rack…a smaller cardboard box containing 2 loaves of freshly baked 100% whole wheat bread on top of which sits an empty dough rising bucket (in which the rawContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#400)”

Eight Days Separated by Two

So this is pretty cool (I think). Above is a series of four photos I spliced together which were taken over an eight day period every two days…a row of tomatoes, which I picked when I tore up my front garden, sitting on a kitchen sill ripening. Urban Simplicity.