Kara & Michael’s Blog

Our lemon tree started getting clusters of buds a week or two ago and I mentioned it here. I am pleased to present two full-out blossoms that smell delightful, a bit like honeysuckle. I took Inari outside and made her sniff one and she liked it so much she came out from the experience with [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why we, in this culture, tend to see a man who doesn’t eat meat as being… feminine. Michael got a comment this weekend that spurred my thoughts, but it wasn’t an unusual comment or even one that I - at some point in my life - would not [...]

I’ve spoken a few times about how I fell victim to a phishing scam as a direct result of my utter and complete stupidity and lack of forethought. I was not so much threatened by the internet as by my own sleep-deprived decision making skills. I was angry and I was also pretty embarrassed because… [...]

It’s getting to be Fall, and our plants are drooping with fruit. Well, they’re not really drooping, and most of them aren’t really fruiting too much.
Our Brandywine tomato plant, despite its lack of sun, is managing to ripen several fruits. The flavor of the tomato is incredible… umami to the extreme.
Our cayenne is producing like [...]

Michael has decided he wants to go vegan again. He’s working mostly off of a food pyramid from wikipedia. We realized, upon studying the pyramid, that we went about veganism all wrong previously. All carbs and veggies, hardly any protein. Even still, I frequently cook meals that contain almost no protein whatsoever.
I hate to identify [...]

Michael has demanded I post this picture of Inari in the blog. Picture this thing nudging you awake in the morning and try not to be a little terrified.
We’ve been getting a lot of bugs in the house lately - big old flies, little bitty wasps… Inari has been taking care of most of them. [...]

I went out with a friend from my childhood this weekend. We manage to go out probably a couple times a year now, since I live an hour or so away and with work and family and relationships, it seems harder to find time. But after a lunch at micro-brewery type place, we ended up [...]

From the 4d2.org spam quarantine:

Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crimes Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J. Edgar. Hoover Building, Washington D.C
ATTN: BENEFICIARY.
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal transaction with Impostors [...]

If you’ve never come with me to a grocery store or to pick up produce, you will have no idea how positively anal I am about fruits and veggies. I had never really eaten many fruits or vegetables when I began working at my first job at an orchard. I learned to spy what decay [...]

I complained to Michael a lot about how I don’t have time to do anything. Work-out, cook, do laundry, clean the kitchen. Whinewhinewhinewhine.
So I decided I would shut-off the tv for the majority of the week, vowing that I would spend only a half hour in front of it after work, and see what happened.
Well, [...]