Kombucha tea is quite hip these days, and for something faddish, it’s quite ancient. It’s basically fermented green tea. And as fermentation often has alcohol as it’s byproduct, there’s been some recent fuss at Whole Foods and other organic/health foods retailers about the scant alcohol in these bottled-to-go-teas, and they’ve been pulled from the shelves [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Kombucha? Youbetcha!
Posted in healthy cooking, tagged cooking healthy meals, kombucha tea on June 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last of the Landscaping!
Posted in Sonoran Desert Gardening, tagged Green Thumb Landscaping, Sonoran Desert Gardening, Tucson AZ on June 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Six months after starting my yard renovation I am pretty much done. I am so relieved. Things look really tidy all the way around, thanks to a final total of 23 tons of decomposed granite! The last 12 tons of decomposed granite was delivered to my home last Thursday. A very competent and small landscape [...]
Irish Music in Tucson to Benefit ALS
Posted in Irish Music, tagged Irish Fiddle, Tucson Irish Music, Tucson Irish-American Gaelic Society on June 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tonight I played w/Margy and Richard for a benefit for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) hosted by the Tucson Irish-American Gaelic Society. It was fun. Looking forward to the next time we play together!
Washington D.C. Weekend
Posted in Aylward/O'Neil family, tagged Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C. on June 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I went to Washington D.C. last Wednesday and came home yesterday (Sunday); it was a very quick trip, but when you work in the private sector (like I do) and get little time off (like I do), short vacations are the only vacations, which in the end they are better than no vacations. I’m surprised, [...]
BP Oil Catastrophe
Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s just one insult after another to Mother Earth; I wonder when as a species we’ll just go one step too far, if we haven’t already and don’t know it yet. I can only regard the BP Oil Disaster with stunned disbelief and incredible sadness. Like the size of the universe we live in, our [...]
Garden View During Heat Advisory Today
Posted in Sonoran Desert Gardening, tagged Sonoran Desert Gardening on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I got up early to watch the French Open today, I could see through my kitchen window that my night blooming cereus was blooming: it’s the first bloom of the summer, and in the photo above you can see a little purplish bud in the lower right-hand corner promising more giant white flowers soon. [...]
Aunt Mary’s Biscuit Recipe (from Newfoundland
Posted in Baking, healthy cooking, Newfoundland, tagged Baking, cooking healthy meals on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I came home from Boston last April, my insufferably long and cramped flight (and I had an aisle seat!) was made infinitely more bearable because I had half a dozen of my Aunt Mary’s super-fresh biscuits in a Ziploc bag. Recently I tried making these biscuits. Now, I’m a competent cook, but a good [...]
