Monthly Archives: April 2019

From Kangaroo grass to wheat: Europe arrives in Australia

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

                      Wild emu at the edge of the New South Wales Outback (TWC). Gifts of bread Aboriginal stories credit Captain James Cook with bringing bread to Australia.  The stories tell … Continue reading →

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Saint Roch of France, and the dog that brought his bread

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

Image of Saint Roch, with the dog bringing bread August 16 is the feast day of St. Roch (also known as St. Rocco, or St. Rollox), a patron saint of dogs. He was born into French nobility in 1295, but orphaned … Continue reading →

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Nursery Rhyme Pies with surprises inside

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

Illustration by William Wallace Denslow. Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum And said, “What a good boy am I!” It’s a familiar … Continue reading →

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Beaten Biscuits: The Sound of the South

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

  Wikimedia image of beaten biscuits Are they a holdover of slave days, something that no one in their right mind would voluntarily make? Are they a delicacy well worth every stroke of beating that goes into them? Dedicated cooks … Continue reading →

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Wheatavore: A Wheat Compendium

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

A Wheat Compendium The history of grains sums up the recent history of the world – for the past 10,000 years at least. Religions and wars (they seem to go together), diet and death, the minutiae of daily existence for … Continue reading →

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Hello readers of roadtripteri

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

Posted on April 11, 2019by Chicken Lady at Locust Lane This is the author of this blog, Teri White Carns. I also have Chicken Lady at Locust Lane (which years ago I set up as my basic WordPress blog),  roadtripteri, and Wheatavore … Continue reading →

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Anchorage, late March 2014

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

  A single green fly makes love to dandelion sun, small universe.   Mt.Susitna (Sleeping Lady) at sunset, March 23, 2014 (about 9:00 p.m.).            

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Saturday Vignettes in Midtown Anchorage

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

         Gray May Saturday morning —  it’s perfect for walking to the Spenard Farmers Market. Along the way we bought a small loaf of blueberry quick bread ($1) from a fellow raising money for the Three Barons’ Renaissance … Continue reading →

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The Carns family goes to London — September 25, 2014

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

  The computer is misbehaving badly. So I’ll do my best to get this on its way, and mainly with photos. We spent Thursday morning, September 25,  in Seattle with Jim’s dentist brother, and then getting Deke’s pies for lunch, … Continue reading →

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Seattle, Dante’s Inferno Ballet, Back to Anchorage 2014

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Road Trip Teri

  View of Seattle skyline from Regina and Deke’s apartment; the orange things that look like a cluster of salmon eggs in the bottom left corner are buoys. The Space Needle, and the construction cranes for South Lake Union buildings … Continue reading →

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