Last night I came home from work and turned on the radio to listen to NPR while I cooked dinner (fried rice, with shredded pork & chicken, sweet peppers, carrots, scallions, peas, garlic & ginger. Just realized I forgot the egg). And entered the Twilight Zone. NPR had decided to devote coverage to a press … [Read more…]
It’s not been a big week for cooking dinner – Tuesday I had a big lunch with a faculty candidate, and Wednesday I didn’t get enough steps, so both nights I wasn’t hungry for dinner. The title refers to the big bowl of oatmeal with dates, 1/2 a cup of dry oats instead of the … [Read more…]
Today I’ve been learning more things about Myrtle Beach. For starters, it’s huge. We’re in North Myrtle Beach, that’s the North Carolina end, and it stretches south into South Carolina for something like 60 continuous miles of beach. This morning on my walk I was trying to figure out some flowering shrubby trees. They look … [Read more…]
We’re at Myrtle Beach for a 4-day vacay in February. A.K.A. going someplace warm in the middle of winter. Mark’s brother and his wife got a condo and invited us and other friends and relatives to join them for parts of their stay. Our first morning we went and got coffee in the strip mall, … [Read more…]
So let’s see – I’ve been too busy with work to write, and it’s been awhile. Looks like I told you a bit about Stephen & Belinda’s baby shower – which was super fun – in my last post, so that was the weekend before super bowl weekend, and now it’s the Tuesday after. On … [Read more…]