Ancient Grains Archive
Cooking With Triplets: Two Recipes
Ancient Grains, Family
Jul 24, 2013
Individual Mushroom & Spinach Pizzas
Feeds 2 adults and 3 extremely small toddlers (YMMV)
Ingredients:
4 small whole wheat pita (or "pocket") breads
1/3 jar basic red spaghetti sauce (I use a generic-brand six cheese flavor)
8 mushrooms
12 oz. (approx.) shredded mozzarella cheese, aka "sprinkle cheese"
1/2 cup frozen leaf spinach
1. Place pita breads on a non-stick baking
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Mea Culpa
Ancient Grains, Feminism
Jul 23, 2013
On May 28, 2013, around 3:00 in the afternoon, I posted this status on Facebook.
My friend Luke disagreed with my response:
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Your Body Would Like To Apologize To You
Ancient Grains, Fitness
Jul 23, 2013
Your feet. You used to be so fast. God, you were fast. Remember that? And it felt like nothing, how fast you were. You'd run anywhere. Well, that's gone now.
Your hands. The first time the two of you held hands--the first time that anyone, ever, had tried to hold your hand,
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The First Time I Saw Porn
Ancient Grains, Books, Writing
Jul 23, 2013
People often say that the modern world or this culture and that industry are “saturated with sex.” I’m inclined to believe this isn’t true because it wasn’t long ago that most women were regularly married off at twelve. That’s a culture saturated with sex, when it’s acceptable to fuck children.
Despite what they
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Who Is the Saddest Girl?
Ancient Grains, Music
Jul 23, 2013
The modern male singer-songwriter has a type. She is thin. She wears a great deal of eye makeup. She is pale. She does not smile, and often walks in the rain. Most importantly, she is very, very sad. Too sad to write songs; this must be done for her, so as not
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The Sixteen Stages of Reading Something Mean Someone Wrote About You In Response To Something You Wrote Online
Ancient Grains, Writing
Jul 23, 2013
1. Disbelief: Wait, what did I write that these people are mocking me for? Did I actually say that? Was I possibly edited in a weird way? Or am I actually an idiot?
2. Bargaining: Was there a way that I could have written that thing I wrote that would have made me
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What To Do With Yourself Now That You’ve Finished Orange Is the New Black
Ancient Grains, Television
Jul 22, 2013
To begin with, I think we can all agree that the title is awful. Because it is awful, and cutesy, and glib in the worst way. But the show is good--really good--and it gets better the more you watch, in the kind of way that makes it impossible to stop watching, or
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“Born Today”: A Poem for the New Prince
Ancient Grains, Poetry
Jul 22, 2013
Bewildered-looking baby,
I have wished you something
None of the hangers-on would:
Not the usual stuff
About being majestic,
Or running off a spring
Of dignity and poise -
The Queen and Philip wish you that,
And should it prove possible,
Well, you're a dutiful boy.
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