Sweet Tweet Feat

August 24, 2019

...mentioned in a blog post, I’m taking a break from Twitter for month so no Saturday Tweets today. I’m thinking I will bring a link feature back but without using Twitter for a few reasons: Some people have trouble viewing my Twitter re-posts. If Twitter ever goes out of business or I get “deplatformed” for some reason I’ll lose all the posts that I’ve put up. Twitter has devolved into shouting and makes me want to shout too, so I’m going to reduce...

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Quarantine Meals From Jennie Cook

Mr. Homegrown

April 15, 2020

Food

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...e used to do: cook home meals for pickup and delivery. Her food is delicious and the portions are generous. If you live in the Los Angeles area consider ordering some food from her. It will support Jennie and her employees and you’ll get a break from cooking. On Saturday Jennie sent over a package with an Easter ham dinner. While I’ve enjoyed cooking from scratch for the past four weeks it was nice to have a special meal for a change. Jennie’s del...

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Pumpkin Spice Pandemic

Mr. Homegrown

September 26, 2020

Saturday Linkages

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...ns and unemployment. Rather than the usual roundup of links that I post on Saturday I thought I’d put up just a few, three serious and one a lark. They all need a brief introduction. This first link is an interview with two Harvard epidemiologists Katherine Yih and Martin Kulldorf, “We Need a Radically Different Approach to the Pandemic and Our Economy as a Whole.” If you’d like to dig deeper in this particular pandemic hot take there’s another in...

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My Shaking

Mr. Homegrown

October 11, 2024

Preparedness

...to download the MyShake app. I was pet sitting for friends in Pomona last Saturday week when, in the early hours of Sunday morning around 3:51 am, the app’s loud warning sound beeped simultaneously with a 4.5 earthquake that rattled the house. I was half awake but the alarm woke me up completely. The cat ran off and the two little dogs looked around, decided it wasn’t worth worrying about, and went back to sleep. What I appreciated about the alar...

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Go to Seed!

Mr. Homegrown

February 1, 2025

Food

...business is down a bit. Seed is located at 942 East Washington Blvd. in Pasadena. Seed is takeout only and the hours are Tuesday thru Saturday 8:00 – 2:30 and Sunday 8:00 – 2:00....

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