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Corn on the Cob

August 31, 2010 // Posted in Good Food, Home (Tags: , , , , ) |  Comments Off

Here we are at the end of summer. A lot of vegetable gardens are wrapping up the season with fewer fresh vegetables to pick and the farmer’s market has less to offer, as well.

One of the best things about summer is the abundance of fresh corn on the cob. I could eat fresh corn on the cob every day all summer long. Sometimes I buy the yellow corn and sometimes I like to switch off and buy the white shoepeg corn.

Last year at the county fair, I bought a style of corn on the cob that had been grilled with the husks left on the ear. That was very different but very tasty. You should try it!

Clean Sheets

August 26, 2010 // Posted in Home, Life, Stuff (Tags: , , , , ) |  Comments Off

Back when I was a kid, laundry day was a big deal. We had to round up all the dirty clothes from our bedrooms, gather up all the towels and wash clothes from the bathroom, and take all the sheets and pillowcases off the beds. Then we spent pretty much the entire day washing all those clothes.

We had an automatic washing machine that worked great. But although we had a clothes dryer, my dad didn’t like for us to use it unless we had a rainy spell and had to. We had to take all the clean, wet clothes outside to the back yard and hang them up on the clothesline to dry.

Then, the next day we had to iron everything. I hated ironing and I still hate ironing. But clean sheets that smell like the fresh air and ironed smooth are the most wonderful thing to slide across at the end of the day.