Ancient Grains Archive
Lady Pickpockets of the Barbary Coast
Ancient Grains, History
Jul 05, 2013
Mollie “The Lost Chicken” Wisner was one of the most well-known musical performers in Gold Rush-era San Francisco, but she only knew one song. In 1849, nearly forty thousand fortune-seeking men flooded the streets of San Francisco, up from 1,000 the year before. Given the transitory, perilous nature of boomtowns, women
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A Day In the Life of Dr. Oz
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Jul 05, 2013
6:45 am: Choose to wake up. Most people let consciousness happen to them. This was why they so often developed diabetes and lymph resistance (also eating too much yeast). Dr. Oz chose to stop sleeping at the same time every morning, because it was time to save the world.
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7:15 am: Eat steel-cut
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There Are Things of Which I May Not Speak
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Jul 04, 2013
There is a certain point in your 20s when you become an adult, if you haven’t done so already. Not turning 21, not graduating from school. Some event--an arrest, a disaster, a revelation, getting fired, getting humbled, getting an abortion, or some other legitimate voyage out of your well-traveled comfort zone. Nobody
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The Lineup
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Jul 04, 2013
Growing up in the suburbs of a medium-sized town in the middle of England, I spent a lot of time wishing something exciting would happen. In 1993, when I was 14, it finally did. First, I formed an intense best friendship with Holly, who lived a couple of streets away and was
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Grading Being Mary Jane
Ancient Grains, Movies
Jul 04, 2013
Strategic use of scenes beginning with a whispered "I will not cry" and ending with crying: A
Strategic use of professional yet whimsical blazers: B+
Strategic use of throwing that cheating bastard out of your house: A+ (extra credit for strategic use of garden hose)
Strategic use of more crying in front of the TV:
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“Jacqueline in the Delivery Room”: A Poem
Ancient Grains, Poetry
Jul 04, 2013
after Florence Wyle
Flo was the artist. I managed the blood
and bones, babies slick with afterbirth,
sicknesses like ciphers in the gridwork
hallways of the teaching hospital. She gave birth
on paper and in wood, bronze
when she could get it. I saw her sketching
skeletons the first day of Anatomy—
we were the only girls
in the lecture hall.
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Jolie, What’s In Your Salad? The Fourth of July Edition
Ancient Grains, Food
Jul 04, 2013
The Fourth of July demands two things: Potato salad and red, white and blue everything. Well. The Fourth of July also demands fireworks. And ice cream sandwiches. And grilled meats. And something for the vegetarians. The Fourth of July is actually a really demanding brat, isn't it? You never hear Flag Day
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Cut From the Classics: Sarah Pebbletush
Ancient Grains, Books
Jul 03, 2013
Cut from the Classics brings your favorite novels to life as never before. Each week we present a profile of a character who originally appeared in the first draft of a major work of fiction, but was subsequently cut from the final draft. This insight into each author’s process brings a fuller,
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