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Come to my Powell’s Books reading!

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:33:59 +0000

Just a reminder to mark your calendars: One week from today, on September 16th, at 7 p.m., I will be reading from THE NATIVE STAR at Powell’s Books in Beaverton. There will also be a 19th century trivia contest with prizes! I won’t say what the prizes are precisely, but I can promise you [...]

Banting Redux: The Tale of the Tape

M.K. Hobson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:26:50 +0000

Three months ago, I went to my doctor and had my fasting bloodwork done. The results that came back were horrible, simply horrible. So I embarked on a program of diet and exercise (aka “Banting”) intended to bring my numbers into closer alignment with, you know, ongoing existence as a human being and all [...]

My jolly Banting adventures

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:31:12 +0000

So one of the things that’s been taking up a lot of my mind space lately is Banting. Which is a term taken from the name of a gentleman named William Banting, who wrote a screed in 1869 called “A Letter on Corpulence” that proved so popular that throughout much of the 19th century, [...]

Oregon City Farmer’s Market

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:56:34 +0000

So yesterday daughter and I hiked down the hill to the opening of the Wednesday Farmer’s Market in downtown Oregon City. The Saturday Farmer’s Market has been going for quite some time now, but I’ve only made it out there once or twice because it’s not really on my route and driving to a [...]

Silent Spring

M.K. Hobson — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:15:43 +0000

OK, I admit it … my blog has been very quiet lately.

It’s not for lack of stuff to post about … my daughter left for Outdoor School this morning, I need to write a review of THE LAST WITCHFINDER by James Morrow (which was utterly fantastic; Morrow is one of my new favorite [...]

Happy New Year!

M.K. Hobson — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:07:37 +0000

OK, I know, this post is coming a bit late. But I’ve decided today is the official beginning of 2010 for me. Hooplah!

Why am I getting such a late start on the New Year? Well, book edits. For the past two weeks I have been utterly immersed in book edits, to the exclusion [...]

Nemontemi

M.K. Hobson — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:13:32 +0000

Per the Aztecs, nemontemi is the five days at the end of the calendar year, called the “useless” days. They are supposed to be a time of abstemiousness, fasting, prayer, and the general cessation of normal activities. They are also, it appears, a time of very bad luck for those who undertake to make [...]

Granny’s an atomic mutant superwoman!

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:44:16 +0000

If you’re like me, you’ve seen this iconic Norman Rockwell image hundreds of thousands of bo-zillions of times. It’s a nice little picture; I don’t quite know what to make of the plate of celery in the middle of the table, it hardly seems a traditional Thanksgiving side dish, but whatever. This is not [...]

My rice krispy treat plan backfires, and I hate Chase

M.K. Hobson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:37:01 +0000

It pains me to admit it, but my self-control isn’t all that it could be. Especially when it comes to things like cake, ice cream, and rice krispy treats. So when daughter and I made a big huge batch of rice krispy treats to pack in the lunches she’s taking for school, I thought, [...]

Back to School Hashbrowns

M.K. Hobson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:53:12 +0000

Well, this is it. Daughter’s first day in sixth grade, and I must say, she looks very lovely and grown up. It’s bringing a bit of a tear to my jaded old eye.

To honor the occasion, I got up with her early (Good lord, she was rarin’ to go at 5:30 a.m. — [...]