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This isn't a meal on its own, but if you've got a day to spend on it, it will feed your family for a week: Roast chicken. Whole chickens are often on sale where I live, so I can get a 6+ pound bird for a relatively small amount of money. Roasting it takes a couple of hours but is… Read More

Oregon'a outfits just look straight up comfy.

I developed hives over about a third of my body. I was waking myself up in the middle of the night because I was scratching myself raw in my sleep. I asked my doctor for a referral to an allergist and his response was "I guess if you think you need one, but really I'd just try cutting… Read More

That comment bugged me too. On top of everything else that's been mentioned, it also struck me that people who are struggling with mental health issues (or who are working on healthy ways of coping with said issues) might be hiring a cleaning service because of those issues, so of… Read More

I was watching the Boston Marathon when the bombing happened. I live close enough that I saw it happen live on TV, then heard the explosion outside as the sound carried. Incredibly eerie to hear it a second time and realize what it was.

My mother worked my whole life as a teacher and later as a principal in elementary education. She retired midyear just before Covid due to some absolutely horrific behavior from a couple of parents that had been going on for two years. She says she misses the classroom and the kids,… Read More

I tell people we'd rather have the items back on the shelf and them back in the building than any late fee.

The government surplus cheese wasn't even just given to low income families, it was also given to senior citizens. My grandparents used to get two pounds of government surplus cheese every month. They'd keep one block and give the other block to my parents.

Definitely my parents' health. As I write this I'm waiting on a call from my mom to pick them up from the hospital after my dad fell this morning. It feels like I'm watching my grandparents' health fail all over again, but this time I'm the one getting the early morning phone calls… Read More

Actor Peter Weller has a PhD in Italian Renaissance art and has taught history at Syracuse University. Saw him in a documentary about Roman architecture once and he's been Professor Robocop to me since then.