I love this recipe. It’s easy and makes a deep, dark and rich apple butter. I was wondering what to do with the many, many, many CSA apples in the fridge when I stumbled across Lolly’s Food for Fall post – apple butter it would be! Continue Reading »
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Apple Butter recipe to follow as promised…
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Recipe to follow tomorrow. Happy Thursday everyone!
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As I am sure you have gathered, this is most decidedly not a political blog. I love politics (PoliSci was one of my majors), reading about politics, thinking about politics, and discussing politics. That being said, this little corner of the internet is (for the most part) dedicated to food and knitting; the parts that aren’t dedicated to food and knitting are dedicated to random stuff that flits through my head at any given point in time – under that umbrella I am going to say a few words about yesterday’s elections (feel free to stop reading now if you wish and focus instead on the pretty leaf picture…) Continue Reading »
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Happy Election Day everyone! If you haven’t yet, get out and vote!
It’s always the high point of my day!
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I love potato leek soup – it combines all of the comfort and warmth of potatoes and soup, and what you’re left with is a big mug of win. It’s also a super-easy and quick weeknight meal, perfect for those cold fall and winter days when you just want to come home and curl up with your Snuggie and a good book… Continue Reading »
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I went and made myself a hat!
Pattern: Quincy by Jared Flood (aka Brooklyn Tweed)
Yarn: Classic Elite Ariosa
Raveled here.
I’m calling this hat “Mood Lifter.” I bought the yarn last Friday after a terrible, rotten, no-good day. It was my first yarn purchase for myself in, ummmmmm, over a year…
The yarn itself is a lovely, lofty, single-ply, barely-spun merino and cashmere blend. It was lovely to work with, and the hat is light and warm – I can barely feel it on my head.
The pattern was well-written, easy to follow and interesting enough that I looked forward to finishing but simple enough that I could work on it while watching teevee or enjoying a beer/glass of wine/cocktail. That being said, there are a few errors in the final product: they stem directly from my strong dislike of Kitchener stitch and my *ahem* inability to count.
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The last week, how sad. I didn’t take one of my famous “veggies on the counter” pictures this week because by the time that I got home from the cold farm and brought everything upstairs, it was all I could do to put everything away!
Fall has done its number on the farm – the leaves were in full color, the fields were mostly bare, the darkness came early, and as I mentioned before, it was COLD! Continue Reading »
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I just entered Lowell National Park’s photo contest! These are my three entries, all taken on the wonderful Lowell Public Art Collection Walk I went on this past spring.
Human Construction
I insist on your freedom.
Pawtucket Prism
You can see all of the entries in LNHS’s gallery. If you are a local photographer, I encourage you to enter the contest!
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Hi my name is Marianne Gries, welcome to Art is the Handmaid of Human Good.
I am a thirtysomething amateur. Amateur what? Cook, photographer, knitter, home-economist, yogi, and writer. I live north of Boston in Lowell, MA.
I am currently unemployed employed, but a fan of frugality after my eight month stint as one of the casualties of the "great recession," and I've been chronicling my adventures cooking and eating on a budget - you can read more about how and why I'm doing that here.
Thanks for stopping by! If you have questions, please feel free to e-mail me at marianne [dot] gries [at] gmail [dot] com
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