Binge on Opera for Free

October 5, 2020

...The streams are available through the Met Opera on Demand apps for Apple, Amazon, and Roku devices and Samsung Smart TV. To access them, without being a paid subscriber, you click “Browse and Preview” in the apps for connected TV, and “Explore the App” on tablets and mobile devices. Speaking of binge viewing, this week the Met is streaming all (count ’em!) seventeen hours of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle along with Tristan und Isolda, Parsifal and...

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Making It

Mr. Homegrown

April 26, 2011

Publications

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...e and Erik Knutzen (Rodale Books, 2011) ISBN-13: 978-1605294629 Buy it at: Amazon • Abe Books • Barnes & Nobel • Powell’s Making It provides you with all of the tools you need to become a producer instead of a consumer and transform your home from the ground up. Projects range from the simple to the ambitious, and include activities done in the home, in the garden and out on the streets. Provides step-by-step instructions for a wide range of proje...

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Poor Man’s Paninni Press

Mr. Homegrown

February 6, 2015

Bread, Food

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...l decluttering. I have no personal experience with the Lodge paninni press. Do any of you? Is this something I should order, in a late night Amazon binge, the next time Kelly is visiting relatives?...

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Last of the Saddle Tramps

Mrs. Homegrown

July 29, 2013

Reviews

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...der’s Guild (I think?), Horse Travel Books, where they keep all sorts of obscure, horsey memoirs in print. Bless them. It’s also available at Amazon, and you might find a used copy here or there, too....

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How To Force Carbonate at Home

Mr. Homegrown

February 19, 2014

Food, How-to

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...r valve after each use. Do not use glass bottles. While I’ve provided some Amazon links, I’d recommend heading to a home brew shop if there’s one near you. It might cost a bit more, you’ll be more likely to get all the parts you need as well as good advice. Conclusions When you’re holding a hammer everything looks like a nail. When you’re holding a carbonator, everything needs to be carbonated. So far we’ve carbonated a lot of Los Angeles tap wate...

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