I feel like I should have more interesting links for y’all this week. (Assuming, of course, that anyone cares. Do you care?) But I do bring some delicious looking pasta sauce, crazy cake, sheep, and chickens. And really, what more could you want out of a rainy Wednesday morning?
October Farm has a delicious looking–and extremely involved–recipe for bolognese sauce. I’d have to shop for a ridiculous amount of ingredients and spend all day cooking, but I still kind of want to make this.
A really depressing piece from Harvard Magazine talks about the ridiculous levels of business of Harvard students, and the fact that my generation seems to be unable to do things like enjoy free time or socialize without some sort of official, scheduled activity. (Sigh.) Makes me want to spend a day making the aforementioned bolognese and knitting a tea cosy to protest.
Treehugger suggests knititng a tea cosy to save energy. I’ll take any excuse to knit! They also promote some tea cosies knit by a group in the UK (and I love that a photo of their offerings includes a Jayne hat and a Dalek tea cosy) but if you’re in the US and want to stay local, you might want to hit up Etsy.
Treehugger also offers a post on some really bizarre responses from climate change deniers. You might want a shot of whiskey before reading this. (Or maybe something even more mind-altering…perhaps it would make more sense, then?)
Arduous blog has a great, thoughtful post asking if moderation is more difficult than deprivation for Americans.
Treehugger offers some thoughts on a year with chickens. Although I still desperately want to have chickens some day, this was a good reality check.
Taelixev posted a link to this crazy awesome rainbow cake. I want to make it, and yet, I also know the process might make me cry. (Also, I don’t have enough bowls. Which would be kind of an issue.)
Ruffles and Stuff has some great photo tips for bloggers. I admit that I could be using these techinques a lot more. Sadly, she does not address the issue of how to get outside light when you’re at work during daylight hours.
It’s shearing time! Sheep Gal offers a look at the shearing process–I’ve heard some suggest shearing sheep is cruel, and I think this blog does a great job of showing that it really isn’t. I mean, I’m not saying the sheep look overly thrilled to be there, but they don’t appear overly traumatized either.