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January 2, 2011 by Pamela Parker Caird 2 Comments

On New Year’s Day morning, I wanted to make our breakfast special, so I pulled out the frozen package of pastured bacon I’d gotten in December at the Sassy Pea Market. Little did I know I was in for a surprise. Instead of the thin-sliced, salty, deliciousness I was accustomed to buying a the grocery…

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Filed Under: Current Affairs, Food & Drink, Nature, Surprises

The New Autumn

November 14, 2010 by Pamela Parker Caird 1 Comment

When we moved to Central Texas, I knew we were giving up the purest experience of the four seasons — intense, icy snowstorms giving way to daffodils, tulips and forsythia, followed by steamy days with leafy green trees lazily swaying overhead. And the fall. It’s easily my favorite of the seasons, and not just because…

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Filed Under: Austin, Nature, Photography

Making Compost Easy

October 12, 2010 by Pamela Parker Caird 3 Comments

This is compost. Super bio-active, it’s the secret weapon for aspiring organic gardeners — and I certainly am one of those. I’m also a hater of waste, to the point where it can be a problem, so it’s difficult for me to throw out energy-filled food scraps, which abound in a house of picky eaters….

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Filed Under: Family, Food & Drink, Nature

Dawn

October 7, 2010 by Pamela Parker Caird 3 Comments

We are waking up a lot earlier here, and see a lot of pink skies at dawn.

Filed Under: Austin, Nature, Photography

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