Summer Squash Casserole

19Jul09

We bought our first squash of the season at the new farmer’s market in Bridgeport this morning, and soon after my brother emailed asking for this recipe.
Mother found this recipe while I was in college – we never had squash of any kind growing up. My father used to tell a story about squash and [...]

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Letter to the President

03Jul09

Mr. President:
I am sure you are aware of this editorial by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/02/AR2009070203022.html
It outlines what you can do immediately to enforce existing law and regulation and end the travesty of mountaintop removal coal mining, and touches on the consequences it has had for the people of the southern coal fields.
I am a West [...]

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Almost Heaven (6)

17Mar09

While discussing public records and identity theft with a friend, I discovered that West Virginia has one of the lowest identity theft rates in the country.  In 2006, the top five states were:

Rank

State

Victims/100,000
Population

Total Victims

1
Arizona
1427.8
9,113

2
Nevada
120.0
2,994

3
California
113.5
41,396

4
Texas
110.6
26,006

5
Florida
98.3
17,780

The bottom five were:

46
West Virginia
30.3
715

47
Iowa
34.9
1,041

48
South Dakota
30.2
236

49
North Dakota
29.7
189

50
Vermont
28.5
178

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Can It Be Spring?

01Mar09

Last night, a fall of tiny, perfectly round ice.  This morning, the yard is full of robins.

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