warm tomato soup served in a bowl

Recipe: Tomato Soup, two kinds

I love, love, love tomato soup. Especially with a grilled cheese sandwich, or some crackers and cheese, or those little Brazilian cheese puffs you can get at Costco (do you sense a theme here?). But what I don't love is ready-made tomato soup from a can. Fortunately, it's fast and easy to make your own.

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she’s got eyestalks! she knows how to use them! or maybe not

check out this crazy thing!! the zz top of lobsters… it’s so crazy, in fact, that they created not only a new species, but a new genus and family as well (remember the taxonomy? King Phillip Came Out From Going Swimming… Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species) it’s also blind, although it appears to have eyestalks… or maybe those are feelers. i also like how the family name kiwaida comes from kiwa, the goddess of crustaceans in polynesian mythology.

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why do birds suddenly appear?

i’m remembering my dreams better lately. i wonder why that is? last night a couple dozen tiny bluebirds attached themselves to my face and i couldn’t get them off, and i started panicking. there was also a toddler who was screaming “bumble! bumble” and following bumblebees around the backyard. at one point i had to help bring in some wet wood from the backyard for a fire, so i put on my “wellies” — rubber boots except they looked like bowling shoes made of rubber. the wood gatherers didn’t really need my help but i wanted an excuse to wear my rubber boots.

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