A compound noun is a noun that is made with two or
more words. Each compound noun acts as a single unit and
can be modified by adjectives and other nouns.
There are three forms for compound nouns: open or spaced - space between words (tennis shoe); hyphenated - hyphen
between words (six-pack); closed
or solid - no space or hyphen between words (bedroom).
"Life can bore or it can be amusing." words from the
Hungarian song Merry Hours
Juniper berries recipes The
spicy, aromatic, dark berries of the juniper tree can be used fresh or dried,
crushed or whole, to flavour casseroles, marinades and stuffings and complement
pork, rabbit, venison, beef and duck.
They can also be used in sweet dishes such as fruitcake. Link to recipes at https://www.bbc.com/food/juniper_berries
Sorghum, a cereal grain, looks like a
smaller version of corn, but instead of producing ears, the seeds of the plant
are harvested. There are two food-grade
sorghums grown: milo and sweet. Milo produces the edible seed while the sweet
sorghum is used in producing the molasses-like sweetener. Whole sorghum is a perfect gluten-free substitution
for all those chewy wheat grains. It
works well as a base for grain bowls, tossed in salads, or used in soups and
stews. Sorghum can also be cracked and
used as porridge, or in a risotto-like dish.
It can even be popped like corn.
Sorghum, whether the whole grain or flour, is best stored in airtight
containers in a cool place. Whole
sorghum can be stored up to a year in the freezer or 6 months in the
pantry. Sorghum flour is best stored in
the freezer and will last up to 6 months.
HOW TO COOK
SORGHUM Combine sorghum and water
in a large pot. Bring to a boil, reduce
to a simmer, and let cook until sorghum is tender, 40 to 55 minutes. Sorghum should be chewy, but not tough. Drain off any remaining liquid and
serve. Add more water as needed to
achieve the right texture. https://naturallyella.com/pantry/grains/sorghum/
Sherwood Anderson Library (The
Sherwood Anderson Literary Center, c/o The Lorain County Historical Society,
509 Washington Ave., Elyria, OH 44035.) Windy McPherson's Son (1916) is Sherwood Anderson's first and most autobiographical novel and the
only one set in Illinois. Mid-American Chants (1918)
is Sherwood Anderson's first and only book of poems. Winesburg, Ohio (1919) gave birth to
the American story cycle, for which William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and
later writers were forever indebted. In
addition to book descriptions, link to online resources, FAQs about Sherwood Anderson and Winesburg, Ohio, and
a brief biography at http://www.sherwoodanderson.net/library See also All Roads Lead to 'Winesburg, Ohio' by Porter Shreve at https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-xpm-2014-03-07-chi-sherwood-anderson-20140307-story.html
Abby the Spoon Lady (born October 29, 1981 in Wichita,
Kansas), born Abby Roach, is an American musician, radio
personality, and free speech activist.
Her music focuses on the American roots genre. She tours with one man band Chris Rodrigues. Abby first started street performing
and busking as
a means to make money traveling across the United
States, primarily hopping freight trains.
She taught herself to play the spoons and traveled all over the United
States by hitchhiking and railroad.
She states that landing in Asheville, North Carolina, was completely
an accident and that she took the wrong train. Today she hosts storytelling
events where she discusses the lifestyle of the American hobo. She spent
a good amount of her time traveling recording the stories, interviews and songs
of other American travelers. In 2014 she was
instrumental in developing a group called the Asheville Buskers
Collective which advocates for street performance within the city
of Asheville, North Carolina. Today she records buskers through a project
called Busker Broadcast, and records interviews and songs of travelers passing
through Asheville. In 2012 she was
filmed in the horror film Jug Face playing
spoons, and in 2015 she was filmed for Buskin' Blues, a documentary about
the street performance scene in Asheville. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_the_Spoon_Lady
Angels in Heaven - Chris Rodrigues & the Spoon
Lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLmM9kcBKs 4:15
William Taylor Adams, better known by his pen name "Oliver Optic," was born in
Medway, Massachusetts, July 30, 1822.
His father, Laban Adams, was at that time the proprietor of a tavern in
Boston, but in 18 38 he moved to a farm in West Roxbury. William received his schooling first in
Boston and later obtained what he could while doing farm work. He then traveled for a year in the South and
upon his return assisted his father in the management of the "Adams
House," built on the site of the former tavern. After a short time, however, he obtained the
principalship of the grammar school at Dorchester, at that time a village but
now a suburb of Boston, and while there was married, in 1846, to Sarah Jenkins,
by whom he had two daughters. He
continued to teach in various Boston schools for twenty years, and at the same
time wrote many short stories and books.
In 1865 he resigned to devote his entire time to literature, although he
retained his interest in the public schools.
He was a member of the Massachusetts State Legislature for one year but
declined a renomination. He died March
27, 1897, at his home in Dorchester. His
first book was written in 1853 under the pen name "Warren T.
Ashton." It was called
"Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue. A Tale of the Mississippi and the
South-West," and for it he received $37.50[!] from a Boston
publisher. Most of his short stories and
books were written for boys. His style
was so pleasing, his plots so interesting, and the action so lively, that he
was very successful and had a very large following of youthful readers. He had the ability of writing stories that
were so natural and everyday in their setting that his boy readers
unconsciously became in imagination the heroes themselves. Adams' style is, in some cases, rather careless,
but he was a natural story teller, and while his heroes performed wonders, the
action was at least possible if not probable.
All in all, Adams wrote perhaps a thousand short stories and over 125
books. Having a reading knowledge of
German, Italian, Spanish, and French, and having traveled some twenty times to
Europe as well as to the Mediterranean coasts of Africa and Asia, he had
firsthand information available for his stories. He always carefully outlined his plots before
beginning to write, then filled in the details from the voluminous notes which
he had made on his travels or which he had entered in his note books from many
sources. Five hours of writing was his
regular day's work. He was one of the
best-paid authors of his time. For two
stories in 1873 the Fireside Companion paid him $5,000. Besides writing short stories and novels, he
also was successively editor of Student and Schoolmate, Our Little
Ones, and Oliver Optic's Magazine (Our Boys and Girls), and
in these magazines many of his stories, which were later issued in book form,
first appeared. The pen name
"Oliver Optic" was first used in 1851. It was taken from the principal character,
"Doctor Optic," in a burlesque being played in Boston at that
time. The name Oliver was added for
euphony. In a few cases it was written
"Oliver Optic, M.D." Besides "Oliver Optic" and
"Warren T. Ashton," he also used the names "Irving
Brown," "Clingham Hunter, M.D." "Gale
Winterton," "Brooks McCormick," and "Old
Stager." The only story that I have found under his own
name was a short story, "The Whaleman's Daughter; or, The Mysterious
Pilot," which appeared in the Yankee Privateer, volume
VI, September 19, 1857. Albert
Johannsen https://www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp/adams_william_t.html
See also Books by Oliver Optic at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/260
Roasted Baby Eggplant by Katie Goldsmith
I was never a big fan of eggplant. I don’t like the meaty texture of most dishes,
or the slippery consistency of over-blended American baba ganoush. Then I came across Japanese eggplant, baby
eggplant, ‘Orient Express’ eggplant . . . who knew?! Prep Time: 10
minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes See
recipe at https://www.furtherfood.com/recipe/roasted-baby-eggplant/
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344th day of the year
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