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Yesterday I finally picked what I hope may be the last of the redcurrants.

My little patch is tremendously rewarding, although it contains fewer than 10 plants.

The first picking, a week ago, yielded enough for 15 jars of beautiful jelly, and yesterday's picking was more than a gallon - so another 20-30 jars.

Redcurrants are perfectly hardy here, and may be increased by

In the old days it was called shooting oneself in the foot.  I don't know what the current usage is, but the idiom still works in any case.

I am not a professional restaurant critic, thank goodness. However, I frequent restaurants, and I have some preferences along the lines of eptness.

Roy Blount Jr. has a wonderful book out that I recommend to anyone who writes or who enjoys the peculiarities of language. "Alphabet Juice" is a soaring and krinkley dance among the syllables and the ways they may be strung together.

Roy Blount Jr. has a wonderful book out, "Alphabet Juice," that I recommend to anyone who writes or who enjoys the peculiarities of language. It is a soaring and crinkling dance among the syllables and the ways they may be strung together. 

by Jackie Alfonso | September 10, 2009 • At long last the beautiful new bridge in Lyndale Peace Park will be dedicated on September 20.