Dog vomit fungus, more blooms on my volunteer vine growing from the compost, chocolate chip scones and St. Louis-style cheesecake, fluffy, with whipped egg whites, that I love in concept but was a bit weak in execution. The crust got a little dark and hard and the eggs a bit too scrambled. I bought a … [Read more…]
Yesterday was my mother’s 16th yahrzeit. She died on July 22, 2004. Since 2017, it’s also been my younger son and his wife’s wedding anniversary. My brother and I observe the occasion by eating and drinking things my mother liked. Crackers and stinky cheese, white wine, broccoli. Some years I recite, or play an online … [Read more…]
We got up like regular for a Saturday, and biked to to the Westside farmers market, the “new normal”, since the big downtown market on the square is cancelled for this summer, and the replacement is drive- or bike-through markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You have to pre-order, and I’m torn, because I really admire … [Read more…]
At the beginning of this week, most mornings when I first waked up, I didn’t feel quite right. Headachey, stuffed up. I’ve been asking Mark, “The virus, summer cold, the heat?” and he always answers, “The heat”. We’ve been in the midst of real “hotter than July” – highs in the 90s everyday, and humidity, … [Read more…]
This afternoon for about an hour it just kept getting darker and darker, and there was even a little thunder, but no rain. I mean, now it’s raining hard AF, but there was a long threatening period. Kind of like dozens of other threatening things hanging over us now. I think I’ll just post a … [Read more…]
So in the last couple weeks, we’ve started doing a few things we have not done since before the pandemic. We’ve had small groups of friends over, no more than 4 so a total of 6 people counting us, and only outside. I got a haircut – but just the short kind, 15-min. bang trim, … [Read more…]