Hungarian Mushroom Soup – Yum!

This one is pretty darn good. I recommend to use more mushrooms, and to slice ‘em thin. Also, mix up the varieties a bit: oyster mushrooms, shiitake, crimini etc. Enjoy!
Hungarian Mushroom Soup
Ingredients

4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cups onions, chopped
1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 teaspoons dried dill weed
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup [...]

Wind power as an off-grid option

Looking at wind power as an option when we get around to building that new home we keep talking about…. Well, if we ever get around to it I’m ready to go! I have found out all it takes is: lots of money!! The thing is that even at starting costs approaching $10,000 and more [...]

Color crisis: how does blue become brown??

Lately I have been diving into color theory and its related topics. I first became interested in color as a grad student in Psychology while at OSUĀ as a result of a physiological psych class I took. One of the topics it covered was the low-level functions of the fovea (the “cone” cells in our retina). [...]

Portland area real estate – not as bad as Vegas!

Or Sacramento for that matter. And on the other side of the coin is…Yakima!
What I’m trying to say is that, based on the latest real estate numbersĀ from Realtor.org, the winners for price appreciation in the last quarter reported are:

Yakima, WA @ 8.9%
Binghamton, NY @ 8.7%
Amarillo, TX @ 7.2%

And the losers are:

Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA @ -35.6%
Cape Coral-Fort [...]

5-minute fence stain?

Not quite 5 minutes to do my fence, but I have to say, it kicks ass vs. spending all day with a brush and roller. Also, it costs about as much as would a paint/stain sprayer – before you buy the materials. I was looking for prices on fence stain, when I came across this [...]