Ode to Dr. Seuss and Powdered Buttermilk I don't mean to brag and I don't mean to boast, said Peter T. Hooper, but speaking of toast...

Cusp Season Here's how I know it's the season between seasons: I wrote about posole just a mere couple of weeks ago, but by the time...

2 more things I was kidding, about 19 years. It's still only 18. That was my little joke about how long it had been since I last wrote. ...

19 Michael and I celebrated our 19 th anniversary. 19! I can't believe it's been a whole year since I wrote! The subtitle for the l...

18 Michael and I celebrated our 18th anniversary yesterday. 18 years! As you know, or don't know and have perhaps wondered about, or rev...

Pizza That's what I'm doing. Making pizza for a wondertime food piece I'm working on. And oh it is good pizza. But oh there is f...

A Whole Lot of Nothing Hey, thanks for the excellent armchair holiday gorging. It was fabulous and fat-free! Except for all the bourbon-peca...

Identity Politics and Acne Oh, really, this is my perfect life, that one string of comments could tackle both of these issues simultaneously...

Jew eat yet? It's funny timing to log on today and see that there's a small storm brewing in the comments about the Jew thing, since...

Foil Turkey If my digital camera didn't always pull that Taxi Driver "You talkin ' to me?" routine every time I tried to u...

I'd been wondering about that saying! from Wikipedia : "Quince juice from organic farming is available in Germany (where quince is...

The Annual Pinata Episode Okay, so there it is. Are you disappointed that it's so G-rated? I know. I'm sorry. Don't worry--plent...

Linksville New wondertime columns are here and here. I have to admit, I regretted things about that gymnastics one. The whole poor-me-with...

Mystery Solved!!! Oh you dears! I loved all those birthday messages! I also love when everyone's like, "I'm a libra too!...

. . . and I'll blog if I want to. . . It's my birthday! And it has been since 12:03 last night, when Michael got up out of bed to ma...

Journey Cover Band, The Photo Hey, how are you guys? New wondertime columns are here and here . You will notice that there's a link th...

And the winning reassurance is. . . . "It's very unlikely that you will get botulism!" That actually made me laugh out loud. A...

Obsessive Pioneer All I can say is that if Pa could see me now, well, Ma Ingalls might have something to worry about. Because our shelves o...

Summer feels, oddly, like it's already ending, doesn't it? Or is that just me and my usual preemptive melancholy? Everything is flyi...

Some Clarification So, the latest wondertime posts are here and here. And I just thought I should mention that--well, you know all that Th...