INGREDIENTS 1 15-oz can of drained chickpeas (Costco sells organic canned chickpeas by the 8-pack; save the aquafaba liquid) 1/3 cup aquafaba (chickpea water from the can) or regular water is ok 4 cloves garlic (air-fried in your air-fryer to reduce the pungency; grilled is fine too) 3 tablespoons olive oil + finishing touch…
Author: Earshot Presents
03/17/2021: Chordify
Surprisingly, I haven’t expressed gratitude for any phone app since I began this exercise. This makes me wonder about how we or I value the utility and pleasure the devices hold. One thing I’m sure of is that I play a heckuva lot more piano because of an app called Chordify. When you search and…
03/16/2021: holiday anticipation
When Matteo asked and was told what we were going to do tomorrow for St. Patrick’s day, he was disappointed to learn that it wasn’t a school or work holiday, and that it was going to be mostly business-as-usual. He loves pre-school, but also loves his time at home and our weekend/holiday activities. I didn’t…
03/15/2021: John Prine
Somewhere in a crawl space in Vermont is a journal that I kept in 2000/2001 when I lived in Galway, Ireland. I didn’t write regularly, so the entries are mostly the highlights of the year—experiences I’d want my grandkids to know about. One such highlight was the night I was invited a defunct pub a…
03/12/2021: stories of humility
Today, I got a ping from a singer-songwriter I support on Patreon. The update from Patreon was to tell his supporters that he’d had a podcast conversation with another singer-songwriter of his ilk and that he’d cross-posted the audio to his own page. One thing the two rockers have in common is that they’re the…