Ocean Dreamer

Hi Folks,
Thanks so much for all your sweet and supportive comments about my school experience.  The school crappiness continues – most recently having a fit at me because I *dared* to request that people bring a list of ingredients to an upcoming potluck so I – and other folks with allergies – would know what [...]

I haven’t written on here much about my experiences at my grad school, mostly because they have been rather difficult and I haven’t wanted this blog to turn into a place for me to complain about things.  For much of the past quarter, however, I have experienced a lot of homophobia and ablism by many [...]

I have a garden!  Its in pots thanks to dig-lovin’ dogs, though this also makes it more convenient to my kitchen.  I’m growing strawberries, peppers, and a variety of herbs – as well as several other vegetables that are currently just seeds in soil.  Here’s a picture of part I of my domestic food prep [...]

I went to the grocery store this weekend and wow, what a shock. I’d heard food prices were going up. NPR has been covering it a lot. Between my gluten free diet and eating organically, the food I buy tends to cost more than the average person’s. But I also cook [...]

you try to find hot dogs in the frozen food section and are extremely confused when you can’t find them.  You wonder why on earth a regular grocery store wouldn’t sell hot dogs.  Then you realize hot dogs aren’t usually stored in the frozen food section.