July means Sweet Corn

Sweet corn was originally cultivated from maize, a grass. It’s immature kernels are eaten as a vegetable. It is prepared in a variety of ways, from being soaked in milk and eaten as a cereal (Indonesia) , to a pizza topping (Japan), to “corn nuts” a snack in which the kernel is puffed and dried. But it is most easily boiled and eaten directly from the cob. A source of carbohydrates containing some vitamin A, …

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July means Sweet Corn

How to change a breaker

First, determine that the breaker is defective (makes malicious noises) Second, turn off suspicious breaker Next, purchase new breaker; then call for advice when you are uncertain about what to do next, preferably a relative.  When he says, don’t touch anything, I will be there in an hour, you sit around and wait.  After that, you watch him while he replaces the breaker and decides to move several around the load center. (Now you will …

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How to change a breaker

Catbirds

These handsome slate gray birds have to be my favorite birds. No, they are not brightly colored like cardinals and orioles but they are the most sociable birds around my home. They have a black hood and their tail spreads out like a fan. And oh, can they sing! They sing in the morning, they sing at night, they sing in the rain. They like to nest in thick shrubs, so it’s good I have …

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Catbirds

Let’s have some weather!

There’s nothing like the smell of rain, so refreshing after the hot days of summer. The wind comes up, the sky is dark, it cools off, the thunder in the distance. Then that lovely smell of rain! How perfect.

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Let's have some weather!
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