Ancient Grains Archive
The Life of Virginia Woolf, Beloved Chinese Novelist, As Told By David Gilmour
Ancient Grains, Books
Sep 25, 2013
"I’m not interested in teaching books by women. Virginia Woolf is the only writer that interests me as a woman writer, so I do teach one of her short stories. But once again, when I was given this job I said I would only teach the people that I truly, truly love.
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Is It Wrong For a Toad To Eat a Bat? An Ethical Investigation
Ancient Grains, science
Sep 25, 2013
Is it wrong for a toad to eat a bat? Does it subvert the Great Chain of Being? This is a question we must consider as a group, before it is too late. A cane toad in Peru has very
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The First Female Olympians
Ancient Grains, Sports
Sep 25, 2013
The next time you’re out jogging or at the gym or taking a yoga class or going on a bike ride, if you do such things, appreciate for a moment your freedom to exercise. If you’re a sweater like me, be grateful. Enjoy your sweat. There was a time when physical exercise
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The New Odd Couple With Shepherd Book and Lamont Sanford
Ancient Grains, Television
Sep 25, 2013
Were you aware that in 1982, a brief revival of The Odd Couple starring Ron Glass (but really Shepherd from Firefly) and Demond Wilson (but really Lamont from Sanford & Son) aired on ABC?
If so, why did you keep this from me? I'm not angry, but I would like to know.
There is a terrible
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On Working at Ren Faires and Letting One’s Freak Flag Fly
Ancient Grains, Work
Sep 25, 2013
When I was fourteen, I got a job at a Renaissance Faire. It's tempting to say it was the best job I ever had, but really it was just my first and the most aggressively formative.
Every Saturday and Sunday morning in August and September, I'd cinch myself into a purple velvet bodice
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Select Recipes For the Artful Eye and Cosmopolitan Palate
Ancient Grains, Food
Sep 25, 2013
Deconstructed Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Southeast-Asian inspiration finds elements of salty and savory dancing over a bed of crisp vegetation. Crunchy lettuce accompanies tender chicken bathed in a classic Thai condiment, one over which umami proudly reigns. The simple salad forays into the exotic with a once-familiar protein transformed, cool leaves bending ever
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Your Dietary Report Card
Ancient Grains, Food
Sep 25, 2013
(as opposed to the nation's)
Physical Education:
Can take food in mouth and somehow push it through body and eventually out - consistently
Can turn food into energy source without aid of batteries or wind power - consistently
Art:
Folds napkins into swans - never
Uses cloth napkins - never
Uses paper napkins
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Slightly Less Beloved Classics: The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place
Ancient Grains, Books
Sep 24, 2013
Previously: A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Peter Beagle is one of my absolutely favorite writers, so I was fairly surprised last year when I realized I'd never even heard of his first novel, A Fine and Private Place (which he wrote when he was nineteen. What were you doing when you were nineteen? I remember
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