Recipe: Asparagus Pastry

Photo by Judith Hausman Sprinkle fresh thyme or minced dill, oregano, or tarragon over your asparagus pastry. Skinny purple stalks are snaking through the straw covering, and fat green spears are poking up too. Asparagus time is a reason to celebrate. I never got the hang of the pale, lavender-white ones, but the green ones […]

A Scary Moment

Photo by Audrey Pavia My three “missing” chickens are safe and sound. There’s a line in an old Joni Mitchell song: “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” This morning, I came to truly understand the meaning of those words. As per my usual routine, I stumbled out of bed and staggered outside […]

White Asparagus

Photo by Rick Gush White asparagus is mostly grown in Germany, but I can find it here in Italy just fine. One of the things I love about the Internet is that it is full of lies, but it is also a great place to do research. So good, that I’ve gotten rid of all […]

Rick GushApril 27, 2012
WSPA Shows Its Pawprint to the United Nations

Photo courtesy of PRNewsFoto/World Society for the Protection of Animals Luis Carlos Sarmiento of WSPA (left) hands 108,571 Pawprint petition signatures to the executive coordinators of Rio 20, Ms. Elizabeth Thompson (middle) and Mr. Brice Lalonde (right). The World Society for the Protection of Animals gave almost 110,000 signatures on its petition to improve treatment […]


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