I’ve never been so domestic as during the last three days: baking, baking, baking, all day long, reel after reel of tape. My fruit dehydrator/jerky maker lets me cook five at a time. Once it’s back at room temperature, I dub the tape from my Otari directly to my computer. What shall I serve you today? Here’s one that amused me last night when I found it, a short feature about a wine-tasting competition. During […]
Read moreMonth: May 2008
Scenes from Childhood: Skating on Thin Ice
I wonder how many times I heard the warning: “Ginna, you’re skating on thin ice!” This episode explores the joys of getting into trouble. You’ll hear: John Waters talking about his favorite game of imagination, “Car Accident” A young me threatening to spank a car’s tires, and an older me watching home movies with my parents Jean Ritchie on getting a whipping from her father My grannie remembering her revenge on her governess And o’ […]
Read moreBroken Hearts
Poor Mamma Ginna. She’s had another stroke. She can no longer walk and can barely talk, she’s frail and confused, and she hurts. I asked her daughter-in-law, who visits her each day in the hospital in West Virginia, to send her my love. All Mamma Ginna could do was smile. Looks like she may not make it till August when we’re flying back to visit her. She’s always saying to me, “I wish you lived […]
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Today has been Bake-a-Tape Day. I bought and tested two convection ovens and a fruit dryer. The former will go back to the store because they cook too hot, but the dehydrator seems to be doing the trick, albeit erratically. (I need to find one with a fan.) I successfully baked away the sticky shed syndrome from two of three tapes. (The third is still screeching and dragging, so it’s back in the cooker.) I […]
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