Monthly Archives: January 2013

Navy Bean Soup with Smoked Ham

I should have named this post New England Boiled Dinner Part Two. The best part about making a boiled dinner are the leftovers. So you’ve had dinner, and in the days following you’ve fried thin slices of smoked shoulder in … Continue reading

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New England Boiled Dinner

This recipe is one of my grandmother’s, it’s pretty basic – a smoked pork shoulder, carrots, potatoes and cabbage all cooked together in the same pot on top of the stove. Like last week’s tomato soup, this is another one … Continue reading

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Taking it for a spin…

It could be argued that building a CustoMac mini represents a false economy in that time is money and a lot of time and frustration could have been saved by just going to the Apple store and buying one of … Continue reading

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Tower’s Tower

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Friday Five – Number Twenty Two

Twenty second in a series creating a collage using five elements.  

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Up a Tree

Here’s a photograph by John B. Capewell of an unidentified but adorable moppet perched in a tree. Capewell’s subject did not appear to be really happy with the whole prospect.

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Corralling the Remotes

Call me old fashioned – I long for the days when you needed to change the channel, you picked your carcass up off the sofa, walked over to the TV and turned the knob. Now everything has a remote – … Continue reading

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