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Cindy Fuller
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Feb 10
Hummingbirds
The Anna’s hummingbird is a year-round resident of the Seattle area. We have a group that lives in the big-ass Douglas Fir just off our decks. We put out feed for them. Unfortunately, it’s been so cold that the feed freezes overnight. (As Julian says, “So much for freezing point depression.”) Hummingbirds are quite territorial. …
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Feb 09
Snowfall Silence
All Hell breaks loose here when a snowstorm is predicted. Hardware stores run out of snow shovels and deicer. Grocery stores run out of bread, milk, and toilet paper. Schools close early and people rush to get home before the roads get impassable. The people who have four- or all-wheel drive vehicles believe they’re invincible …
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Feb 03
A Short Walk on the Viaduct
“Why a duck, why a no chicken?”* ~ Chico Marx, The Cocoanuts The Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle is about to be demolished. In its place is a tunnel that’s set to open tomorrow. The Viaduct is an ugly elevated highway that’s a physical and visual barrier to the waterfront. The Nisqually Earthquake of …
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Feb 02
This Year’s Super Bowl
Unlike in previous years, we are not hosting the annual Friday Night Follies Super Bowl Party. The Medieval Dinner last week was enough entertaining for a few weeks. Our former next door neighbor graciously offered to host the hungry masses. We are still going to bring chicken wings, although a different variety. I did a …
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Feb 02
A Mess of Mergansers
Winter is prime birdwatching season on our stretch of the Sammamish. The bald eagles are back from summering in the mountains. Cormorants flap their wings in dominance rituals on a small sand spit where a creek drains into the river. A snow goose slums with its Canada geese cousins. A great blue heron from the …
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Jan 31
We Are in Culinary End Times
When I ride the bus to work, I go past a little storefront in downtown Seattle that calls itself the Grilled Cheese Experience. Really? Are people so culinarily challenged that they have to get grilled cheese sandwiches at a restaurant?
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Jan 27
The Joy of Gemisch
Last night’s French dinner left us with a variety of leftovers. So what to do? Make a casserole from the odds and ends. This is what we call a gemisch. I got out the leftover brown rice, chicken thighs, cooked leeks, and chicken broth out of the refrigerator. I also got a partial bottle of …
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Jan 27
Medieval Night
Last night was our 2019 French dinner. Since many of the churches we saw during our December trip to Paris were built in the Middle Ages (Saint-Denis, Notre Dame, Chartres, Sainte-Chapelle), we declared that this dinner would hew to the Medieval Diet. So what is the Medieval Diet? We eliminated ingredients that French folk would …
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Jan 26
Counter Intuitive
Does anyone ever have enough counter space? The answer rumbles from galleys to Architectural Digest-worthy kitchens: HELL, NO! I hypothesize that stuff expands to fit the amount of counter space in any given kitchen. People in tiny apartments are forced to store their countertop appliances under beds or in closets. A friend of mine in …
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Jan 13
In Search of Pastrami
David Sax, in his 2009 book Save the Deli, bemoaned the loss of traditional Jewish delis. Here is a list of delis that are of blessed memory : Ithaca, NY – Hal’s Dallas – Phil’s Miami – Wolfie’s, Corky’s, The Rascal House Since we’ve lived in the Seattle area, several delis have gone extinct. The …
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