Dipping a big spoon into a warm bowl of that soup from the five lilies (1,2) is plenty satisfying. But I got to wondering how it would go to dip other edibles into the stuff, like bread, vegetables and such. Made for kind of a drippy experience when I tried it, even though the soupContinue reading “saucy lilies”
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tin pan alley?
Might I have a future as a songwriter? All songwriters need inspiration and mine came from good ol’ Barnes buddy Dave, a.k.a. Stick, a.k.a. Chappelletti. We were the two tallest in our class, and competed for biggest renegade. He practices in Marin County and I decided a few years back I should look him upContinue reading “tin pan alley?”
lily oops!
In my enthusiasm yesterday to tell you about the wonder of alliums at the Ann Arbor farmers’ market and the great soup I’d just made with them (1), I omitted an important ingredient from the recipe! Without the juice of those three lemons right at the end, you don’t cut the pungency of the alliumsContinue reading “lily oops!”
elephant lily
The good Lord is really beginning to show his bounty in these parts. Trips to our farmers’ markets no longer target just one or two acts, punctuated by some hydroponic greens. Those treasured early seasons – rhubarb, asparagus, strawberries – have come and gone but now we get a real show. There are those precious,Continue reading “elephant lily”
that shal-lot´!
Dr. West’s Medicine Show and Jug Band had their biggest hit with 1967’s “The Eggplant that Ate Chicago”, describing a mutated alien vegetable that put civilization at risk (1). Norman Greenbaum, who wrote and sang the song, would later do the 1970 classic, “Spirit in the Sky”, a staple of boomer funerals everywhere (2). WhenContinue reading “that shal-lot´!”
jazz singer
Olivia van Goor is an up-and-coming jazz singer we’ve been pleased to see around these parts. A Hudson Ohio girl (home of Western Reserve Academy where my wife Kathy went to high school), her family moved to southeast Michigan in 2017 and she plunged into all things Dee-troit. She loves the Great American Songbook andContinue reading “jazz singer”
Happy Birthday, George!
79 years ago today, George W. Frayne IV was born in Boise, son of 2 artists headed to New York. He earned a B.F.A and M.F.A. from U of M, getting tangled up in some frat bands that evolved to become the Lost Planet Airmen. You may know him better as Commander Cody. I celebrateContinue reading “Happy Birthday, George!”
look back
A week and a day ago, I posted a blog about the late U of M Dental School Professor Albert G. Richards and his unusual hobby of x-raying flowers (1). I was finally getting around to hanging the three radiographs we’d bought from him back in the early 90s and was so taken by hisContinue reading “look back”
Thank You, Professor Richards
In our continuing frenzy to hang stuff on our walls, we decided those flower x-rays sitting in our storage room needed to see the light of day. There was a big expanse of white in our bedroom over the door to the deck just begging for art. We’d bought the pictures from the artist inContinue reading “Thank You, Professor Richards”
Bowenus
I dearly loved my dad, but I idolized my Uncle Bob. Yes, his Dutch name at birth was Bowenus, named for his uncle in Milwaukee who facilitated Grandpa’s passage from the old country and marriage to his love Dena, a first cousin whose romance was frowned upon back home. The other Ike boys got DutchContinue reading “Bowenus”
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