Ancient Grains Archive
Texts From the Yellow Wallpaper
Ancient Grains, Books, Texts From
Aug 07, 2013
Poppet
I couldn’t help but notice
that the gate at the top of the stairs was ajar
Oh?
which suggests to me
that a certain someone
has been going downstairs
can you think of who that might be?
Oh dear
Oh John, I’m sorry
I called for you but you weren't at home
no
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French Toast
Advice, Ancient Grains
Aug 07, 2013
Arrêtez! Pour nous, c'est nécessaire la écriture féminine, sans sobriquets. Par exemple, mon état est soi-disant: je ne regrette rien. Au gratin est vrai un décolleté incroyable, tourjours pour le chien. Au contraire, laissez le bon temps rouler tout de suite a la bon marché. Avec un enfant terrible, que est tableaux
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Hustle and Prose: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ancient Grains, Books
Aug 06, 2013
Previous installments in this series can be found here.
A self-sufficient, rural wife who blogs about farm life gets a memoir deal—the idea has become nearly cliché. But Laura Ingalls Wilder beat Ree Drummond to it by 80 years.
Wilder wasn't blogging, obviously, but she was as
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A Letter From Chris Kimball
Ancient Grains, Food
Aug 06, 2013
Each issue of Cook's Illustrated begins with a folksy letter with news from down on the old Vermont farm by founder and editor-in-chief Chris Kimball. These charming, old-timey updates remind us all of a slower, simpler way of life, where neighbors stop to swap plowing tips
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Recent Purchases by Jeff Bezos
Ancient Grains, Humor
Aug 06, 2013
1. The Washington Post.
2. The Blue Carbuncle of Persia.
3. The four heaviest gramophones in the Catskills.
4. A phrenologist with a satchel of Werther's Originals.
5. A K-car.
6. The back catalogue of the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
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Future Tense: Shopping for Fate with Storefront Psychics
Advice, Ancient Grains
Aug 06, 2013
There are many things I’ve done in my life that I am not proud of. I’ve lied. I’ve stolen. I’ve misled boyfriends regarding the extent of my interest in jazz-fusion music. But I am perhaps least proud of a phase I had in my early twenties, when I became hooked on storefront
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Negroni Season: The Fan Fiction
Ancient Grains, Dreams
Aug 06, 2013
There was once a dream that was Negroni Season. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... it was so fragile.
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Malls I Have Known
Ancient Grains, Ghosts
Aug 06, 2013
All malls smell this same, which is mostly true. Auntie Annie’s pretzels and floor wax and perfume and air conditioning. All department stores are laid out the same way, which is actually true, and which gives me great comfort. Ladies shoes, handbags, jewelry, perfume, cosmetics, exit. Into the mall.
I grew up
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