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Lately we have been the recipients of beautiful and tasty fresh eggs from Cimarron. James and Emiko’s friend, Rosemary has chickens and whenever we go home to visit, we get to enjoy their eggs and also bring some home. Last time we were there, we got two dozen of these golden orbs of goodness. The [...]

I was at the local HyVee supermarket the other day and came across this little item. I like how most of the time with breakfast cereals you know exactly what you are going to get, like Raisin Bran and Corn Flakes are pretty self-explanatory. So I was wondering what marketing geniuses came up with this [...]

Emiko made us some summer noodles for lunch today. It’s rice noodles, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, and ginger in a soy-saucy broth. It’s yummy and a nice thing to eat on a summer day or anytime. Lunch It’s one of Susan’s favorite things to eat when she is home. This bowl looked so nice sitting [...]

An old friend from KU days, Ian Duffy, stopped by on his way from the airport to Lawrence on Friday. He was in town for a wedding. Ian now lives in the San Francisco Bay area and does product development for CLIF Bar. When I asked him what exactly he does, he said that he [...]

This afternoon, UPS delivered a special little care package sent from my parents and my aunt Janice: five pounds of Sahlen’s hot dogs form Buffalo Foods. We knew a mysterious package was on its way and neither of us could figure out what it might be, so it was a really welcome surprise. Yum! You [...]

I find eating some dairy products, especially yogurt and mushy ice cream, to be more enjoyable with a plastic spoon. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the occasional metal taste you get with real utensils that sometimes seems more pronounced when eating dairy. We have a nice collection of plastic spoons that were [...]

Yesterday I was getting stuff ready for a trip to western Kansas to see Susan’s parents. I was gathering some freezer bricks for the cooler, which we either store in the basement when they are not being used, or in the freezer right before we are going to use them. At the bottom of the [...]