With apologies to Jane, who gave him to me years ago, I threw away the terribly dusty Jerry Garcia doll. I kept the Smithsonian commemorative miniature Teddy Bear that sat in Jerry’s lap, that Al had wanted one of desperately at one point, but couldn’t have cared less about when I bought this one and … [Read more…]
Once, years ago, when I hadn’t posted anything to my blog in about 2 weeks, my brother called me to make sure I was still alive. We’re getting close to there now. Last week Tuesday we left for vacation – right after I had been up against deadlines, deadlines, deadlines – grading, online graduation, starting … [Read more…]
It’s been the long, lost week that ended with Mother’s Day. I was so busy grading with work work work, emailing students & sites about summer practicums, meetings, other administrivia, and moderating sessions at the Wisconsin Library Association Public Libraries conference that I didn’t take very many walks or bike rides – with the stunning … [Read more…]
This week, I’ve taken lots and lots of pictures of flowers, both out on walks and and on my kitchen counter. Today, Saturday, when we got up, it was about 49°. We wore gloves biking to the farmers market. The prediction was for a high of 80°, and now it’s 86º at 5:30, and super … [Read more…]
And family togetherness. On Saturday morning we tried out the big Farmers Market again, followed by a stop at Madison Farmers Unite to pick up a pre-order. It’s a nice bike ride, until you get the vicinity of the county facility where the market is held. The bike paths peter out, and even though this … [Read more…]
Sunday morning (oh, that’s a song) I decided the best way to de-stress was to NOT try to walk or go out & exercise before brunch. Carl & Susan are coming over – oldsters like us, and fully vaxed – and I’m making a pretty simple menu** that gets done à la minute, except for … [Read more…]
So, last weekend, I only wrote about chicken, but I actually cooked some other things. On April Fool’s day, I burned a perfectly good batch of sourdough. I set a timer and went upstairs to work and when the time went off I thought I’d go check the bread after I finished an email, and … [Read more…]
Like I said, last Saturday I roasted a biiiig chicken for Passover, and I anticipated a bunch of other dishes made with meat from that bird. This has indeed come to pass. We’ve had chicken sandwiches twice. The first time we both had our sandwiches on brioche rolls I bought at Whole Foods, you can … [Read more…]
This weekend my me time on Saturday morning turned into work time, so no weekend blog post. Friday morning my walk was the hellebore walk. I put the pics on Instagram and made a banner for the blog. Everyone liked the pics on Insta, but I still feel like I’m in a terribly not reflective … [Read more…]
I added a spring-y banner, hellebore that I photographed last year in late March. And we had a kind of tapas potatoes, potatoes baked in a spicy sauce, like the hot tapas patatas bravas, with baked eggs & fruit salad & bacon & sourdough toast for brunch. Now I’m going to make banana pudding, with … [Read more…]