August 17, 2006
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The Good, The Bad, The Inane and The UGLY.
(or: “Damn Clams”)
The Good
getting up early (alone) and having tea
heading to a book sale on the coast
a long beautiful drive
The Mediocre (bonus catagory)
going to the sale with bed-head and my grubby old self
going without breakfast (too much time with tea)
one million people at book sale
new low-rise capris with granny panties (rolled down but NOT behaving)
The Bad
Far too many people at sale and not enough books
small coastal towns with no public access to ocean
Hunger, severe hunger while I searched for just the right seafood joint
The Ugly
Found just the right seafood “joint” and had heavenly fried clams( yes, the ugly part is coming)
The clams must have been soaked with MSG as about 30 minutes later I got the shakes, mood swings, swollen tongue and nausea
Vomited while driving through a rotary (otherwise known as circular-vehicular-hell)
New pants + Rotary Results = the most grotesque driving attire, EVER.
Yes, indeedy, this WAS my morning.
(although I did care less about my undies showing, after this “event”)
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Oh Please, Please, do let’s move on to the inane
- Holy Cow, you are all going commando, like all of the time, aren’t you?! I’m inspired and impressed.
- Jesse is into clothing now, he has been wearing a dress shirt and tie for days (not joking). He says that for his birthday he would like some “fashion design”, I’m wondering what this could mean?
- Caught a few monarch caterpillars and we are watching them form their crysalises
- I care about the environment, really I do. I always try to buy local and I generally try to buy things that are energy efficient. Here is my ultimate contribution:
it’s clean and you can bring the bottle back for refills and it helps the local economy and it makes people happy (well, me)
I’m so good to the earth!!!
(it is “white fox ale”)
Elderberries for juice, etc
Staghorn Sumac (for juice)
to make the juice, put 6-7 ripe clusters of berries in cold water and crush lightly. Steep these for a few hours and then strain out the pulp and add sweetener until desired flavor is reached. Tastes like a lemonade-type drink.
It’s good stuff!!
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
Groucho Marx
Comments (40)
hey, not wearing undies means there’s less laundry! i’m lazy like that. not to mention, i’m a tightwad and refuse to buy some that fit my pregnant arse. or buy some new ones since the existing ones are looking pretty haggard (i do have some for that time of the month…hard to strap a pad to air!)
i love sumac berry lemonade. i am hoping to get a sumac plant started on our farmette. no such luck so far.
when you make elderberry juice, do you cook it first?
and, what exactly is in the bottle? beer? mead? wine? whatever it is, i wish we had something comparable around here!
Great post!
The photo of the chrysalis is spectacular. How funny that Jessie (who seems to like that free and airy feeling 
) is *into* clothes now. Fashion design – huh?
oh, no
Poor you! Feel better fast!
RYC: not only is she going to be a poop and her brother a pee, but I *get* to be the “buns” (what an honor LOL) Yeah, I hate to tell you sweetie, but that combo is NOT happening
stellas_terra: it’s called “white fox ale” but this local brewery makes 4-5 others and they are all wonderful (and affordable, too!)
I lightly crush the berries and then simmer until they fall apart, then rest, strain and add sweetener to taste.
Are you feeling better now?
I’m glad I’m not the only ne who has secret granny pant fights with her pants and undies in the car!!
I said fuck it all recently as started wearing skirts 90% of the time b/c they don’t ride up or show crack. and I hate the way low rise pants squeeze your stomache while sitting. and well… it’s just way too big a price to pay for “fashion” that’s probably outdatd and i don’t even know better haha!!
sorry about the puke thats just horrid! arg
get me a growler next time your out…if you ever come to alaska, you will experience some of the finest local brewing, ever.
I used to transplant milkweed plants in our garden when I was a little girl and I’d look and wait for a monarch butterfly to lay eggs there or make a chrysallis there. It never happened. My dad and I were talking about this a couple of years ago and he said he wondered how those milkweed plants ( that he considered big time weeds) kept getting into our garden. Tee hee! Wear a skirt one day and go commando…really, the circulation is good for you. That said, I always worry that’s the day I’ll get into a wreck. No Ma, I didn’t have on clean undies, um, I had on NO undies. LOL!
As far as no panties…as often as possible. I hate wedgies and have yet to find panties that don’t give me them. How bad do normal ones give me wedgies???? I think thongs are the most comfortable panties invented…less material to wedge up there!
Sorry to hear about the MSG clams! Driving while getting sick is no fun! Jesse, just a phase. Indulge it. Brandon used to wear make up all the time. He also fell in love with a peach…these things happen.
I love the new lay out of your page
it looks great!
i also loved your last self-portrait challenge, dog- womans best fried
I learn so much reading your blog. Sorry to hear about the damn clams. Damn them to hell!!
In the future, low rise panties should do the trick.
Oh ick, you poor thing. Zoe has severe reactions to MSG too…
Are you and I the only ones who wear granny panties? I just can’t give mine up.
At first I thought that was pond water lol. I was like.. ewww.. but then relized ( after I finished reading) it wasn’t. Sorry about your deal with Msg. How Awful
Poor you! I hope you’re feeling better. The chrysalis is awesome!
msg absolutely kills me. I spend at least 45 minutes shooting snot at high speeds across the room, my eyes swell, my lips swell, I have to use the asthma puffer and down two benadryl. It’s gotten so bad there are very few places I can eat out. Which isn’t really a bad thing, just damn inconvenient. *much love and support*
Oh, and granny panties. heheheh. I think it’s a trade mark of us crazy home educating /natural learning weirdos.
Sorry about the puke…so crappy. Photos of the boy dressed so fine please…:)
yuck! I’ve often spent too much time with tea as well. darn! if only there were more time and less rotaries out there…we have a new one in Winooski and people absolutely avoid going through that part of town just to avoid it…however much faster traffic proceeds…
I have a million sumac trees which look just like that,you mean I can make an actual drink from them?(are all sumacs edible or just a few?it would be my luck that mine are poison!) I really need to know where you learn all the things that are edible!
Oh, poor you!
ah…Granny panties. Comfort and security, but definately a terrible choice with modern fashions.
. I love the quote!
I love that you let us laugh with you (or is it more at you … I mean.. when your barfing clams, there ain’t much laughing right?
grannie Panties, julie… you crack me up.
and that beer looks and sounds heavenly. (good beer, yummy juice, and catapillars do not count as inane to this girl!)
next time… think breakfast.. breakfast.. breakfast… or at least make sure you have some tictacs in your purse..or a granola bar or something.
hope you are feeling better! did you get any books???
Damn Clams. Any good books?
Where do you sell again? I would love to have a look
BadNana: here is a link to my Amazon store
wooo baby!
Sorry you hurled in the car… blech!
brownievanmorrison: here is a little sumac link if your sumac has red berries (and they feel more fuzzy than berry-like) then you can use them. As long as the berries are NOT WHITE, you are safe.
Where do I learn about which things are edible? I look them up in books and online and ask people who know. I am intrigued at the idea of edible wild things and whenever I find a berry, I clip some with leaves and research until I know what it is and it’s usefullness.
I have been inspired by Euell Gibbons for a long time, you might enjoy some of his books.
RYC:Thanks for the link and I am reserving books this week from the library! I’m so excited about my sumac now,who would have thought!!
p.s. I did also mean to add I hope all is well with your clam episode! I just got so carried away on the sumac I forgot!
Aww..sorry about the clams. Proves my point about eating seafood..DON’T
Hating clams in your honor, Lisa
thats too bad about the barf. At least you were headed home and not out to a wedding or something.
I love how all-or-nothing your son is. Its either naked or a shirt and tie. How cute.
Hope that you are feeling TONS better!
I do NOT go commando. Honestly, I’ve shopped at thrift stores too long and seen too many pants with dried goo on the crotch. I wear UNDERWEAR and am proud of it. I also find the seam in jeans is painful without a soft bit of cotton to cushion my delicate bits.
And I had noticed that Jesse was wearing clothes more often in your photos… LOL
So sorry about your morning. I hate it when what should be a lovely, relaxing thing turns ugly.
Boo
Oh, poor you! I had sympathy nausea just reading about it.
Sorry about the grody clams.
Speaking of things that look great in vomit, have you ever tried elderberry *PIE*? You have to use an assload of sugar to make it reasonable but it is… great. Pie crust, elderberries, assload of sugar, and then I think you dandle some flour all around over it, then put the pie crust top on. Then it boils over and ruins your oven. When it’s all done, the flour/sugar/elderberries in the middle have made this kind of… berryladen gelatinous heaven. ‘Sgreat!!
*claps* for the tie-wearer. Good thing he’s getting his narc corporate phase out when he’s young. Hehehe. Isn’t that what people usually say about blue hair?
It was the wedding I tell ya…he’s emerged a changed boy!!!! (-: How mysterious the growth of our little beings…..
What a day. Thank goodness there is another one tomorrow!! ((hugs!))
oh ugh on getting sick. hope you are all better.
oh yuck on the clams……love to see the soon to be butterfly pic…wow
You always have the best posts, so enjoyable to read
Sorry about your bad day, I couldn’t help but laught a little though, whatta day huh?
Sorry about the clams and vomiting, but the rest sounds okay. At least you had beer.