Figuring out first-hand food
If, like me, you are fascinated with cognitive neuroscience, you have undoubtedly been following the research on happiness. Basically, we’re learning that things we think will make us happy don’t, usually. New York Times columnist John Tierney is as taken with all this as I am, and he ran a little experiment a couple years [...]
Kevin and I are about midway through an eight-week course in boating safety and seamanship, and I have finally found something I seem to be better at than he is. Knots. Before I could find out that I’m actually pretty good at knots, I had to get over the concept that there were so many [...]
Yesterday we took the new boat for her inaugural sea trial. She did beautifully, which was to be expected since she’s a lovely boat and her previous owner maintained her meticulously. The big test wasn’t when the boat was in the water. It was getting her to the water, into the water, out of the [...]
And now, for the results of the boat-naming contest. But first, let me just say, I have the best commentariat in the blogosphere. We loved the list of nominees, and the comments that went along with it. Dave, thanks for running “Dream Catcher” through your anagram software – that’s exactly the kind of thing we [...]
Saturday, February 18: I need an extension! We’re still agonizing. Tomorrow … Friday, February 17: The last day for names! Tomorrow, I’ll pick the winner. Kevin and I don’t have a good track record in the naming department. Our late, lamented cat was named Cat. Most of our chickens don’t have names, and the ones [...]
Buying boats is like playing leapfrog. You buy a boat, and you have to buy a truck to pull it. You buy a truck and then, one day, it occurs to you that your truck could pull a bigger boat. You want a bigger boat – you always want a bigger boat – so you [...]
Our cars are nothing to write home about. We’ve got a sober Saab sedan, a beat-up pick-up, and a decrepit Land Rover almost as old as I am. But, when I see a nice car, the kind of car I’d like to have, I don’t suffer from car envy. Sure, a brand spanking new Tacoma [...]
It started in the last week of May, with the Land Rover. We had friends over, and we decided to go to the Four Seas for ice cream after dinner. The Rover, a 1970 model, is our usual ice-cream vehicle, both because we can fit six people in it and because it just seems right [...]
All this time I’ve been thinking that Kevin became an oyster farmer because he feels a profound need to grow things, to create wholesome food, to contribute to sustainable aquaculture. He wants to spend his days doing something constructive, something productive, out in the beautiful waters off Cape Cod. Hah! He did it so he [...]
It was ten days ago exactly that our trailer accident beached us. Kevin has spent an unconscionable proportion of those ten days, and I’ve even spent some time, getting us up and running again. We have the Trailer Cabal to thank. It should have been a simple repair. Two 26’ leaf springs (only one was [...]
Tamar Haspel has been writing about food and health for over a decade. She recently moved from Manhattan to Cape Cod. She’s adjusting well. [Read More …]
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