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Category Archives: Just an Everyday Life
What Is It About Meat??
Husband Rock is in the kitchen cooking three pounds of pork for a stew to deliver to a co-worker who lost her husband unexpectedly. Sigh. I suggest that he turn on the stove fan, though, because the delicious smell is … Continue reading
Posted in Humans Love Food!, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature
Tagged eating meat, hominin, meat, omnivore, pork, pork stew, primate
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Don’t Wait ’til Mother’s Day!
The ads are starting to appear. You may be becoming a little anxious about what you’re going to do to appreciate this woman – this female primate – who birthed you. Some of us must honor her in absentia…gone from … Continue reading
Practicing the Everyday
Just in case it isn’t obvious, one of the reasons I’m writing this blog is to share my practice of being present in everyday life. Like most of us, I’ve spent many years not exactly in this mode – in … Continue reading
Posted in Just an Everyday Life
Tagged appreciation, comfortable with uncertainty, everyday, grandchild, pema chodron, practice, primate, religiosity
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Soup Afternoons, Soup Nites
There are some afternoons I just have to make soup. Like today’s drippy afternoon – the grandson still napping, the hen & I cooped up (no no, not together!), last week’s CSA roots in the fridge. & turnips…how can I … Continue reading
Posted in Humans Love Food!, Just an Everyday Life
Tagged berbere, central coast, community supported agriculture, CSA, in-laws, Pfoty, Shopper's Corner, soup, soup nite, turnip
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Eating Mexican Food on St. Patrick’s Day
…Frozen Mexican food even – Amy’s organic cheese enchiladas, to be specific (highly embarrassing, I agree). And it’s a Saturday night to boot. Of course, I have visions that everyone else in the world (well at least in the neighborhood) is … Continue reading
Posted in Humans Love Food!, Just an Everyday Life
Tagged beer, California, defekto, Mexican food, middle east, St. Patrick's Day
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The Everyday Primate
Hi there! The idea behind this blog is to share the fun (& sometimes the angst) I experience while trying to understand our natural world. Science is the basis of my learning, although I’m not a professional scientist…just your everyday … Continue reading