October 1 was our full day of London tourtist-ing. We started off walking to Borough Market for crème brûlée donuts, the same thing we did last time we were in the UK. This tine we weren’t going for a big lunch at River Cafe, so we also got a cinnamon roll and an almond croissant. … [Read more…]
I’m writing this at the George and Dragon in Dent, Sedbergh, UK. We are feeling pretty accomplished because we bailed from the muddy footpath and took the road, really a country lane, to our destination and arrived there before 3:00pm/15:00. Actually 2:55. Compared to yesterday, when we were slogging through the rain and bogs for … [Read more…]
We’re going walking in Yorkshire in a little over a week (when I started this, anyways. Now it’s less than a week). I’m trying to get past the worry-over-everything-that-needs-to-be-done-before-we-go phase, and start getting excited about the trip, but it’s hard. Meanwhile life goes on in cooking and bike riding and in general here in Madison. … [Read more…]
I just ate my first and probably only Diane’s Dad’s summer sandwich of the summer of 2026 – last year looks like it was July. Made on slices of my most recent loaf of honey whole wheat that still did not rise as high as I thought it should but the taste and texture are … [Read more…]
It was kind of a rained out weekend, so I think that’s making this humid, hot, and cloudy Monday morning a little depressing. Plus I just don’t feel quite right today. I have a funny spot on my upper lip that’s worrying me* and I’ve been trying to line up new house cleaners which is … [Read more…]
And now the song stuck in my head is Taylor Swift’s august. It’s Emma’s birthday tomorrow and mine has “slipped away into a moment in time”. And the rest of August is going, too. Our backyard got finished. Click the image or the link in the caption to watch the video. It starts with me … [Read more…]
We went to Kansas City for Mark’s favorite aunt’s 100th birthday. Aunt Wanda is everyone’s favorite, really. Before the trip I had the old standard, Lieber & Stoller, 1952, going through my head, although the David Bromberg version is the one I’m most familiar with. Then we watched the first episode of Ted Lasso, Season … [Read more…]
Last week we went to Chicago to meet up with the Denver portion of the family, Mark’s son and daughter-in-law and their two kids, 1 year and three years old. The original plan was that we’d meet up late afternoon-ish Wednesday and probably go to Navy Pier and see what kind of fun we could … [Read more…]
The title of this post comes from the fact that the Thursday after the ALA conference, we went back to Chicago for a day trip to see a play and my lunch that day is below. The restaurant calls it “Wild Mushroom Teriyaki Bowl”, green vegetable & sticky rice stir-fry, citrus ponzu, cashew, garden herb … [Read more…]
I’ve been trying to get my thoughts down on just what made 4th of July 2026 so awful for a week. I think I’ll just blame it all on Trump. He wrecked the 4th of July, and during the week since there’ve been so many other egregious acts on his part, it’s hard to focus. … [Read more…]