crockpot experiment: cornbread #1 (accidental whole-wheat)

Cornbread isn’t my favorite bread, but it is my favorite bread I get to eat most often. For the curious: pao de queijo – Brazillian cheese rolls == game over. AFAIK it’s pronounced something like “pow deh kay-jo” although “manna” or “food of the gods” is also acceptable. naan cornbread – either cast-iron skillet style

snowbird intermission

My usual snowbird pattern is to stay follow 70-75deg F weather moving in shortest-practical distances at 14-day intervals. I haven’t updated recently because I’ve deviated from that approach and am migrating toward north central New Mexico with a new friend. We have a few more days to wander that direction and then will stay in

tax refund / goodwill run

I don’t know if I had mentioned this before, but my tax refund was direct deposited on the Feb 24th. That’s less than two weeks from the Feb 12 e-file date. Interesting, and also timely because it means I can put off the next 457 withdrawal a while longer. It’s going to be close treading

Yuma errand progress

Presently in Yuma doing a series of errands/pickups. 1/4 (complete) Amazon pickup In this package a drill-powered water pump, which was sitting in the “hold for later” pile until the price dropped. The idea is to be able to yoink creek water if needed without doing a million tiny bucket scoops. I used one of

February, according to google

Once again Google places me in Tucson despite my not being there. Could be an IP thing when GPS wasn’t available (as when inside the Rolling Steel Barn).

three unexpectedly positive reviews

I’m a bit of a cynic about marketing so it’s a welcome surprise when products live up to their billing. grape solar 100w poly panels Ever wonder if cheap panels work? This is the output of a Grape Solar 100w panel at around solar noon on MPPT: Ordinarily I’d expect something like 83w out of

logistics: next move, packages, CA

My 14d would be up here in American Girl Mine on Sat the 6th, but the Traveling Vet referral came through, so I have an appointment in Yuma on the 4th. It’s a fasting appointment (annual exam blood labs) at 0-dark-thirty Thursday morning and I’ll stealth nearby Wednesday night to ease the pain of fasting

Covid 500k

In spring 2020 I estimated in the blog that Covid-19 would kill 500k Americans in total. It was a crude number based on the US population at that moment, the assumption that 100% of people would be infected, and the covid-related estimated fatality % at that time. We have just hit 500k according to official

daily cardio: mining timbers in the distance

I was out walking Muffin yesterday after lunch, heading vaguely toward the hills to the NE where the American Girl Mine was reported to be. I could barely make out a dark spot on one hillside that looked too regular to be natural. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t the AGM but a small surface-mining operation I

American Girl Mine BLM

Stealthed in an industrial area last night, then got up and headed toward the nearest city park. Made coffee and took Muffin out for a morning walk. litter collection As usual when walking in green areas we took a bucket and grabber to make litter-picking easy. It’s how I “pay” the locals for my use