Crunchy Granola (Not So) Suite: Overture

As I’ve mentioned previously, my in-laws are visiting us in Haines. Mom asked for my granola recipe, so, like any self-respecting denizen of the 21st century, I decided to copy the recipe from my blog onto an email, and deliver it that way.

I wrote a multi-part series on making granola for the blog, but I couldn’t find it here—I posted it on the other blog I wrote for, Self Reliance Works. Back then, I imagined that many readers of this blog would also read my work over there, so I tended to leave my more pedantic (i.e. “how to”) pieces over there, focusing on other issues here. Since then, I’ve discovered that very few readers visit that site, because I get asked “how to” questions here that I’ve already answered there.

So, it’s about time I tackled the pressing issue of breakfast cereals. Continue reading →

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Our Natural Amphitheater

A geographic feature of our property forms a natural amphitheater at the south end of our beach. We’ve known about it for a while, ever since noticing that passing whales were much more audible if they passed while we were up in the forest above the boathouse. A surfacing whale can startle us badly on the trail, as it sounds as if it’s right on top of us. A blast of exhalation that sounded as if it were right against the rocks would send us scrambling to the beach to watch a whale as it passed by more than a mile out in the water. Even after six years, it still causes a lot of confusion for us now and then. Continue reading →

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