Or at least I was in Duluth when I started writing this. I’m on the Board of our local grocery co-op, Willy Street Co-op, and five of the current nine Board members attended CCMA, the Consumer Cooperative Management Association conference, which was in Duluth. Years ago, in 2011 to be exact, my prior tenure on … [Read more…]
Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend I went into a baking frenzy. I made cranberry almond scones, that weren’t quite sweet enough. Either I didn’t put in enough sugar or I forgot it entirely. The scones have a nice texture though. I baked the croissant sourdough that I’d had rising. It’s regular sourdough but when you’re … [Read more…]
Last weekend was an all-play and no work weekend, so relaxed, in fact, that I’m just finally finishing writing about it now, Wednesday, Friday, the start of the next weekend, and it’s Memorial Day, too. Friday was gallery night in Madison, artists & galleries all over the city opening their studios and spaces to the … [Read more…]
Mark’s brother Gregg is six years older and started having kids while he was in his 20s, while Mark didn’t have his one kid until he was 40. So Mark’s brother’s grandkids, of which there are six, are almost as old as Mark’s son. Gregg and his wife Jean’s birthdays are close together in May, … [Read more…]
It’s that gorgeous time of year when everything is green and blooming. And half the time you love it and half the time there’s a little voice whispering, “I’m not ready”. I do have a crop (haha) of spring at least adjacent pictures. Our already almost done lilacs. Welham’s tree, also in the banner above … [Read more…]
Two thoughts on aging: 1) My friend Susan started one conversation a few weeks ago by saying she thought she was ready for the old people’s home, because she had left a Le Creuset (enamel on cast iron) pot of tomatoes slow cooking for such a long time that the tomatoes permanently attached to the … [Read more…]
We didn’t really celebrate Passover this year, either. I was mostly thinking Easter would be a good catch up, relaxation kind of day. On Friday, John let me know that he and Megan were coming, arriving Saturday afternoon. Their plan was to go to watch Wrestlemania at their friend Matt’s house, really his mom’s house … [Read more…]
and more. If the last post was What a Week for Wisconsin, then this one is what a week – or more like week and a half – or me. I’m always tempted to quit writing, because by now who cares and isn’t it all the same and a thousand other reasons (well a few … [Read more…]
Election Day was last Tuesday, and it was so busy that I worked from 6:00 to 4:00 instead of the 6:00 to 1:30 that I was scheduled for. And for the rest of the week it seemed like everyone I talked to was tired, but sort of happy. We elected a liberal supreme court justice … [Read more…]
I know I’ve complained about this time of year before (like in 2023 and 2024 and I’m using one of those forsythia in the snow pics as my iPhone wallpaper now), when all my volunteer and side gigs get super busy. This year I’m not even working, no student advising, but it’s just another bit … [Read more…]