Category Archives: Random Off-Trail Musings

I can’t be on the trail all the time. This category covers all the other random bits of my life I feel worth writing about.

Egg with Sage & Polenta

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Ozark Hiker

All of us are off this week for Thanksgiving Break, Momma & I both being educators.  This past Saturday, once it warmed back up, I turned the last of the summer garden into the compost bins and put the boys … Continue reading →

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Scones w/ Blackberry Preserves

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Ozark Hiker

I decided after a fun week of learning how to pickle things, I would ease back into something I’m a little more familiar with.   I had one last gallon of frozen blackberries from this summer and figured it was time … Continue reading →

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November

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Ozark Hiker

Calling it.   The last of my summer crops has finally given in to the cold nights.  This weekend is going to bring a few 30-degree nights, I think, and even the new pods are starting to mottle brown.  The blooms … Continue reading →

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Garden walk with me

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Ozark Hiker

If I could only grow one herb, it would be rosemary.   It was the very first thing I put in the ground when I moved to the new house.   I put four plants in a tight row directly underneath my … Continue reading →

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Planning the Suburban Homestead

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Ozark Hiker

2016 has been an interesting year.  One of those, should we live through it, that will end up being in my great-grandchild’s Social Studies report. . . if they still do those kinds of things in the future. I’ve not … Continue reading →

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Updates & Anecdotes

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ozark Hiker

Around early February, we decided we were fed up with the house. Isn’t a bad house.  We love the yard.   But the dog was dying.  And the kitchen is too small (we’ve never liked it).   And we can’t fit the … Continue reading →

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Eggnog French Toast w/ Bananas Foster & Whipped Dark Rum Mascarpone Topping

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

The inspiration from this dish came from, I believe, an episode of Good Eats that wikipedia tells me is from 2004 titled “Toast Modern” (Season 7).   My dad made french toast growing up and it is a comfort food.   The … Continue reading →

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Running?

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

Bear Bait,now a 4th Grader, told me back in March that he’d like to join the school’s running club.  Twice a week, for about an hour after school, somewhere near 150 or so kids would meet at the track by … Continue reading →

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ERL – Anecdotal Aside

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

Mentioned earlier that I am an incurable people-watcher.  There was one girl I saw out on the trail that didn’t make it into that day’s trip report, but still lingers in my mind.   Was a good-sized group, looked like a … Continue reading →

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Learning from tragedy

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Ozark Hiker

Around mid-January, a news story caught my attention.  A dad and his two sons, out on the Ozark Trail in Missouri.  Just a day hike, on a day that started out in the 60’s.   Rain comes in, gets colder.  Dark … Continue reading →

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