Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 15

Hope Lutheran 1950 Lenten fish au gratin

One of the interesting things about old calendars that are also something else—such as a cookbook—is that they follow seasons that no longer exist.

A disappointing COVID Summer of Death

When the COVID summer of death failed to materialize, it challenged the religious faith of mask and vaccine fanatics.

Candy cane oatmeal crispies

These candy cane cookies are a great way to use up post-Christmas candy canes. You might even want to hit the after-Christmas sales just to get canes to make these with.

Holiday food

From Christmas to Easter to Independence Day and more, holidays are times for sharing great food.

The Modern Lobotomy: Whitewashing Child Mutilation

Child mutilation in the service of gender quackery is something that future generations will look back on in horror, much as we today look back on the lobotomy.

Chiquita Banana’s Recipe Book

Let the singing and teaching banana introduce you to the joys of baking and cooking with bananas: green, yellow, and brown!

Texas 2023 legislative priorities

The Texas legislature is in session now for 2023; other than special sessions, it won’t meet again until 2025. Everyone has their priorities. Here are mine.

Mango macadamia pie for π day

This creamy mango pie with a macadamia nut topping is perfect for π day. Celebrate the impending end of winter with a bit of the tropics.

Incomprehensible Abundance linked on Editorials

“…a society that has just risen above the hand-to-mouth of no-extra-capital needs the essentials. It is only those who are rich who want the cute little thing that’s completely uneeded but makes you feel happy. They’re the only ones willing to pay for it.

“If you’ve ever bought something because you heard about it and you thought ‘oh, that’s cool’ or because you were browsing booths at a county fair (or a science fiction con) and found…. a cute box, or a pretty necklace, much more expensive than something that would fulfill the same function but mass produced? And you bought it? Congratulations. You’re as rich as Lords and Ladies in the regency.

“If you make a living of your crafts, your bespoke clothing, your writing, your non-essential good that enhances people’s lives?

“Congratulations. No matter if that life isn’t the thing that an Earl’s son would be happy with but just ‘average’ middle class living? Congratulations. You live in the richest society the world has ever seen. And this is why you’re allowed to ‘follow your passion’ or whatever it is, and do your thing and sell it for enough to live off of.” We live in an age of miracles built on a foundation of reason and faith, and there are those who wish to throw them all away because miracles frighten and confuse them.

Create searchable PDFs in Swift

This Swift script will take a series of image scans, OCR them, and turn them into a PDF file with a simple table of contents and searchable content—with the original images as the visually readable content.