No, those aren’t unnecessary quotation marks in the title. I put them there because so far, she’s mostly guarding us from frogs and our own cats. Good thing she’s cute because on the guarding front, she’s more trouble than she’s worth.
No Waste: Capturing The Moment With Rain Barrels
In Central Texas, we’ve got plenty of sunshine. Also, plenty of bugs — this time of year you feel like you’re wading through a sea of grasshoppers as you walk through the yard, as they scatter with high jumps all around you. What we don’t have enough of is rain. It’s really quite dire. People…
Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza
Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza Main Dishes, Special Occasions Difficulty: Easy Ingredients Dough 3¼ cups (16 1/4 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour ½ cup (2 3/4 ounces) yellow cornmeal 1½ tsp table salt 2 tsp sugar 2¼ tsp instant or rapid-rise yeast 1¼ cups water (10 ounces), room temperature 3 tbsp unsalted butter , melted, plus 4…
The Love of a Dog
When we “inherited” 13-year-old Maggie after my father’s death, we didn’t know what to expect. We’d never had a dog (as adults), and she was a mix of some unknown breeds, so we didn’t have breed characteristics to help us set our expectations. But she turned out to be a perfect match for our family….