Author Archives: Kathy

National Bundt Cake Day

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Kathy

Here’s a new bundt cake! This one was created to celebrate my friend KT’s birthday. Also, I learned that November 15 is National Bundt Cake Day. Who knew? Looks like KT will always be getting a bundt cake. The recipe, … Continue reading →

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Changed by Ovid

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Kathy

(Sexual violence and rape are mentioned in this post.) There once was an eccentric English professor at Cleveland State, a kind of eminence-grise (at least in his own mind), who taught obscure languages and literature. I had never met him … Continue reading →

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More about Dogs

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Kathy

Just finished reading The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves. Last week, I shared what I learned about altricial species (whose young need a lot of care) and precocial species (whose young are nearly self-sufficient). Near the end … Continue reading →

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Breakfast from the Griddle

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Kathy

Some years ago, a friend gave me some pancake mix that came with a gift basket she’d received. “You’re the only person I know who might still make pancakes from scratch,” she said. Something about her tone, as with many … Continue reading →

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Reading/Rereading

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Kathy

Every once in a while, someone will tell me that she or he doesn’t reread books because there are just too many books. Unless you’ve read all that you want to read at least once, isn’t it a waste of … Continue reading →

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Three New Words

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Kathy

I learned three new words so far by reading Alexandra Horowitz’s The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves. Horowitz, a dog cognition researcher, decided for the first time in her life to adopt a puppy, not an older … Continue reading →

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Fall Breads

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Kathy

My gardening friends will blanch to hear that I’ve purchased zucchini in order to make zucchini bread. They still have some hanging out in their vegetable drawer and even more in their freezers. Since I shouted, “Uncle!” to our neighborhood … Continue reading →

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Life Lessons

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Kathy

I mentioned last week that chef Vivian Howard always wanted to be a writer. Cooking gave her a subject, and her two cookbooks, indeed, make for entertaining reading. Similarly, Dana K. White, a decluttering blogger and YouTuber, hoped someday to … Continue reading →

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Fingers and Flowers

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Kathy

Last week we arrived at the word digital by tracing the history of movie projection. No longer is actual film run through a movie projector. Nowadays, pretty much all theaters use digital projection. How did we get from digits as … Continue reading →

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Viv’s Baked Beans

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Kathy

Last week I described Vivian Howard’s book This Will Make It Taste Good and her Community Organizer, a melange of bell peppers, garlic, onions, red wine vinegar, and tomatoes cooked to a fare-thee-well, meant to be used as a sauce … Continue reading →

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