<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from upislandeggs.blog-city.com</title><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 upislandeggs.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:56:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from upislandeggs.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Rumination 13 - This is Science?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_13__this_is_science.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_13__this_is_science.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F13%5F%5Fthis%5Fis%5Fscience</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 13. This is Science?    by  Thomas P. Vogl  May 9, 2008  &nbsp;  This week I had a  repeat PET scan as well as a CT with contrast. My record for correctly  predicting the results remains intact, although my level of certainty was lower  th]]></description></item><item><title>Great Escape, The Chase, The Return</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/great_escape_the_chase_the_return.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/great_escape_the_chase_the_return.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 09:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=great%5Fescape%5Fthe%5Fchase%5Fthe%5Freturn</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday was one of those days - Tom is off in Boston getting a PET scan. That always makes me nervous. And I had to go talk to my OB/GYN about genetic testing for BRAC 2, a genetic mutation that makes the chances of getting breast cancer higher. My]]></description></item><item><title>Fiber Jewels Row Counter</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/fiber_jewels_row_counter.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/fiber_jewels_row_counter.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 20:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fiber%5Fjewels%5Frow%5Fcounter</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The only thing that is keeping me sane and on track with the cables on my vest is this neat row counter from Fiber Jewels .&nbsp; It has rings that slip over the knitting needle and numbers to keep track of your rows. There is also a bead on a lobste]]></description></item><item><title>White Dorking chicks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/white_dorking_chicks.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/white_dorking_chicks.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 21:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=white%5Fdorking%5Fchicks</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m not sure if any more eggs are going to hatch. 13 remain, but I think they got to cold when their setters abandoned them. But the 4 chicks are, of course, darling. Unlike all other Dorking chicks I&#39;ve known, they don&#39;t have &quot;cleop]]></description></item><item><title>Silkie Chicken Drama and Hat</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/silkie_chicken_drama_and_hat.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/silkie_chicken_drama_and_hat.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=silkie%5Fchicken%5Fdrama%5Fand%5Fhat</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A chick can live for 3 days after hatching without eating or drinking - it is still absorbing (interanlly) the last of its egg sack. But by day 3 the chick is getting very stressed. Our dark Brahma setting hen hatched a silkie banty out 3 days ago an]]></description></item><item><title>PI Topper and Chick News</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/pi_topper_and_chick_news.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/pi_topper_and_chick_news.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pi%5Ftopper%5Fand%5Fchick%5Fnews</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The latest hat is done, it is PI Topper again, but this time made with the right yarn so I think the fit will be fine.  I love this hat!Another chick was born this morning. Have not gotten a close look at it, but it is possible it is a Sumatran. But]]></description></item><item><title>Baby chick monitor?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/baby_chick_monitor.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/baby_chick_monitor.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=baby%5Fchick%5Fmonitor</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tom is dashing to Vineyard Haven to the only store  on this island that has a baby monitor. The new chicks got in trouble this morning  with one lost chick, and 3 potential moms trying to find it and getting in each  other&#39;s way and getting very]]></description></item><item><title>Abandoned Eggs</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/abandoned_eggs.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/abandoned_eggs.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=abandoned%5Feggs</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When I went out to check on the chickens late this afternoon, I found the broody Silkie had left her nest eggs. I fussed at her, picked her up with the intent to make her go back to sitting on eggs, and found two chicks underneath her. As best I can]]></description></item><item><title>Shedir hat started</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/shedir_hat_started.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/shedir_hat_started.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=shedir%5Fhat%5Fstarted</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This hat (Shedir&nbsp; see page 3)&nbsp; is densely cabled and will take a little long - and many many stitch markers. (One for start of row, one set for first cable pattern, one set for second cable pattern, one set just to make sure I&#39;m making]]></description></item><item><title>Hat Done</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/hat_done.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/hat_done.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hat%5Fdone</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Wavy Lace Cable  hat is done and ready to be shipped off tomorrow. I like the way the hat turned out, but had to do a bit of fudging because I was running out of yarn and the hat was getting too long. But the yarn is very nice because its elastic]]></description></item><item><title>Flock Grazing, Hat Progress</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/flock_grazing_hat_progress.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/flock_grazing_hat_progress.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=flock%5Fgrazing%5Fhat%5Fprogress</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today we took the flocks out to graze and a grand time was had by all. The new coop would normally graze in their fenced in backyard, but that is where the visiting and broody hens are and I wanted them to stay separate. (I don&#39;t want our huge ro]]></description></item><item><title>Fizz Hat</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/fizz_hat.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/fizz_hat.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fizz%5Fhat</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m working on a series of chemo hats for a friend of Mama&#39;s. The first two experiments were way too big, but I think I&#39;m getting the hang of it. Even though I&#39;ve knit many hats, most are wool or wool blends, and that won&#39;t do for]]></description></item><item><title>White Dorkings, Frizzled Sumatrans, Broody Hens</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/white_dorkings_frizzled_sumatrans_broody_hens.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/white_dorkings_frizzled_sumatrans_broody_hens.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=white%5Fdorkings%5Ffrizzled%5Fsumatrans%5Fbroody%5Fhens</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our favorite chickens are Dorkings - the squat, five-toed, calm bird that the Romans  brought to England. There the breed was used as a superior dual purpose (meat and egg) fowl.&nbsp; Though the bird became extinct in Italy, it hasn&#39;t changed mu]]></description></item><item><title>Uncrowned Brioche</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/uncrowned_brioche.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/uncrowned_brioche.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=uncrowned%5Fbrioche</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Tom baked his usual New York Times style loves (left) but also made a sourdough loaf (not pictured) and a crown brioche (right). The brioche is a wonderful way to use up extra eggs! It had been a long time since he&#39;d made brioche and somew]]></description></item><item><title>Deck Visitor and The Question and Sourdough</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/deck_visitor_and_the_question.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/deck_visitor_and_the_question.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=deck%5Fvisitor%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fquestion</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[That is a male ringneck pheasant on our deck.&nbsp; For reasons I don&#39;t really understand, some are released on the island each year. Ostensibly by and for hunters, though I&#39;ve never heard of anyone hunting one.&nbsp; And the release point is]]></description></item><item><title>Easter Hens and Sheep</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/easter_hens_and_sheep.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/easter_hens_and_sheep.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=easter%5Fhens%5Fand%5Fsheep</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June  and her daughter Noa came to visit. They raise Silkies  and wanted to see our coops and, since the Jacksons  have Silkies, hoped to get one from them. As usual our very elderly silver crested polish hens are the most popular. The two crested po]]></description></item><item><title>Thai Semi-Dried Salmon</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/thai_semidried_salmon.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/thai_semidried_salmon.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=thai%5Fsemidried%5Fsalmon</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thai Lon of Semi-Dried Salmon6 oz semi-dried salmon1 cup coconut cream1/2 cup coconut milk2 tablespoon fermented rice; optional1 teaspoon palm sugar1 tablespoon tamarind water1 dash fish sauce1 teaspoon lemongrass; finely sliced2&nbsp; shallots; slic]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 12 - Stable is Good</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_12__stable_is_good.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_12__stable_is_good.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F12%5F%5Fstable%5Fis%5Fgood</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination  12. Stable is Good by Thomas  P. Vogl March  19, 2008 &nbsp; Last week I had a repeat PET scan that  reported &quot;stable disease&quot;. That is, in the two months that had elapsed since the  previous scan little had changed.&nbsp; There]]></description></item><item><title>Two Yees and Tin the Egg Bound</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/two_yees_and_tin_the_egg_bound.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/two_yees_and_tin_the_egg_bound.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=two%5Fyees%5Fand%5Ftin%5Fthe%5Fegg%5Fbound</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Willie and his eldest daughter Jennifer came to visit for the weekend. Even though we were supposed to have showers of snow and/or rain, it held off so the sightseeeing wasn&#39;t too bad. And, to our surprise, Chilmark Chocolates  was open so]]></description></item><item><title>Swordfish Escabeche</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/swordfish_escabeche.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/swordfish_escabeche.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=swordfish%5Fescabeche</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Swordfish Escabeche 2&nbsp;lb&nbsp;swordfish, thick steak&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;----MARINADE----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp]]></description><category>recipe</category><category>swordfsih</category></item><item><title>Cabled</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/cabled.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/cabled.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cabled</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here are my experimental cablesA staghorn cable hat&nbsp;A cabled earband for Tom&nbsp;And my funky chef&#39;s toque (worn one way) and yarn holder (flipped over)]]></description></item><item><title>Better about Blogging!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/better_about_blogging.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/better_about_blogging.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=better%5Fabout%5Fblogging</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I think my new year&#39;s resolution needs to be to get back to blogging and walk at least 2 miles a day. I&#39;ve started the walking, and now the blogging.Tom&#39;s next Rumination ought to be out in a week or so, but in the meantime his melanoma i]]></description></item><item><title>Rumination 11. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_11_nothing_ventured_nothing_gained.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/rumination_11_nothing_ventured_nothing_gained.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rumination%5F11%5Fnothing%5Fventured%5Fnothing%5Fgained</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rumination 11. Nothing Ventured, Nothing  Gained   by  Thomas P. Vogl  January 24, 2008  &nbsp;  It has been an  interesting start to 2008. On January 4th I met with Dr. Geoffrey Shapiro who  went over with me in some detail the four phase 1 clinical]]></description></item><item><title>Zaw on Myspace</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/zaw_on_myspace.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/zaw_on_myspace.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=zaw%5Fon%5Fmyspace</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My World of Warcraft hunter, Zaw, now has a Myspace page to keep up with her guild. But this will still be the main blog.]]></description></item><item><title>Ruminations collected</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_collected.htm</guid><link>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/ruminations_collected.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ruminations%5Fcollected</comments><dc:creator>Katherine Long</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve put the essays Tom has been writing about his melanoma, Ruminations on Living with Cancer , all in one place. It is over on our website and that will be updated with new chapters as they are written. The new chapters will also be posted here]]></description></item></channel></rss>