On Saturday morning, after Steve’s party, I woke up with a sore throat. Felt kind of flu-ish on Sunday and Monday, and wah lah by Wednesday evening, it had turned into a full blown gluggy runny nose sneezey head cold. But at least felt less like having the flu. I’ve been trying to get excited … [Read more…]
Well that was fun, but now I don’t feel like doing anything. On Sunday afternoon, I did a cooking demo at this new community event space, Threshold. I made focaccia with vegetable toppings, half potato-poblano and half delicata squash rings. [portfolio_slideshow pagerpos=disabled size=large] And, this was the Sunday at the end of a week of … [Read more…]
The lovely and talented Lisa Marine said on Facebook that it was a “eating-my-salad-with-a-spoon kind of Monday”, and also a “took-my-umbrella-home-from-work-on-Friday-wall-of-water-rainstorm-on-Monday” kind of Monday. For me it was the firedrill 10 minutes after I got to work early to get ready for my 2:30 class kind of Monday, and, in that 2:30 class, Killed the … [Read more…]
This week felt like the real first week of school. Last week Labor Day made it an easy(ish) 4-day affair. This week was the real thing – not for sissies. Last Saturday Belana got stung by a bee at a cross country meet and had a bad reaction. So Monday my day started with calling … [Read more…]
My neighborhood is different now in the mornings when I walk, everybody’s up and out and walking the dog and walking the kids to school. It’s not all empty and sleepy like it was in the summer. In my twenties I was a fervent proponent of the belief that men and women are exactly the … [Read more…]
Is my tagline for the weekend, anyways. Or maybe that should be “seeking inspiration”. Friday I worked until 5:00, recording a lecture for one of my classes that I think I’m gonna do over, anyways. Came home and made a loaf of garlic bread with our German exchange student, so that she could take it … [Read more…]