On Thursday, 27 July 2017 12:30:06 UTC-5, tert in seattle wrote:
> "Good morning. A squirrel ate the tomatoes growing in my yard, that I had
> been tending closely in the heat, that I had fertilized with a tincture
> of seaweed, that I had put on a table so that they could grab a little
> more sun, that I had talked to because some people believe that helps them
> grow. He was a big fellow with haunted eyes, more dirty-blond than gray,
> with a long, unkempt tail, and he took from me my dream for a no-recipe
> recipe for tonight: fat slices of homegrown heritage tomato sprinkled
> with salt and drizzled with balsamic vinegar, alongside garlic-rubbed
> toast made from my sourdough no-knead bread. The plants are in tatters
> now. Farmers have the hardest job."
>
>
> this can be summarized in 3 words: first world problems
>
> <http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2017/07/26/cooking/cooking-email/index.html?emc=edit_ck_20170726&nl=cooking&nlid=80 591572>


I thought for a second there that I was reading Dashiell Hammett...


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Best
Greg