Jesus Year: Resurrection
One of the ideas I’ve always liked best about the story of Jesus’s resurrection is that he didn’t just die and then rise again after three arbitrary days. Rather, it’s that on an ontological level, Jesus had …
Jesus Year: Crucifixion
The other day we went for a drive toward Mount Hood. I was feeling sick, so I stayed in the car when the family got out to explore the woods in the snow. But they were …
Greywater: Coming Soon, to a State Near You
I just found out through the Greywater Guide that Oregon has been working on adopting a permitting process for greywater systems. I know people who’ve been trying to make this happen for a long time, but seeing it in print just …
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Jesus Year: Spring Equinox
Today is the equinox. This weekend is my birthday, my Jesus year: I will be 33 years old. It occurred to me that I could spend this year trying to get to know him again …
Your Sourdough Starter: What Kind of Flour?
A while back, I was reading an online bulletin where people were discussing the pros and cons of using different types of flour in their sourdough starter. Someone was agonizing because they realized the starter …
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How to Make a Sourdough Starter
I’ve never been a fan of sourdough. Until I found out that what’s called “sourdough” isn’t, in fact. When I learned what real sourdough is, I became a fan right away. The truth is, in …
Alien Onions
This year’s growing begins in the onion basket. I found them sprouting in the basket on the fridge, curling up toward the kitchen ceiling, green and eager and fleshy. As far as I understand it, …
Gruesome Beauty
The extended family on my in-laws’ side lives in the woods and farmland west of Eugene, where wild turkeys are a real nuisance plentiful. Knowing this, we put game on our Christmas list, and two …
Howl Origami
Last night I took a stab at origami for the first time. Copies of old college papers, reinvented as paper creatures. Something about the sight of this one struck me. The title was “Dreaming of …
I Tried the Terra Cotta Heater
You know, the one going around Facebook.* * The video doesn’t seem to exist anymore. Let me explain. Our furnace broke two days ago. We noticed it in the morning when the house was fricking …