Friday we went to the Madison symphony and it was pretty empty. There was one older woman wearing blue surgical gloves. Corona virus fears, or I guess the new correct name is Covid-19. Long as they don’t start calling it Captain Trips. That was one of Stephen King’s worst ideas, calling a disease Captain Trips … [Read more…]
On Valentine’s Day, I found out that I was getting a raise. I did the lengthy application and put in to get what’s called the Distinguished Prefix, a recognition of my 20+ years of work on the UW-Madison campus. I wasn’t at all sure I’d get it, and it also seems like it’s going away … [Read more…]
New car, practicing my puff pastry for the class I’m teaching next Sunday, and a trip to the opera. I’m afraid that this first batch won’t puff enough because I had the butter too soft. You’re supposed to grate it frozen but that sounded painful to me, plus my kitchen’s been really cold this winter … [Read more…]
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…]
This is the kind of day it’s been. Last year this day I was in Seattle, at the end of my one month sabbatical there, saying goodbye to my brother’s house and dog and neighborhood. Feeling a lot better about myself, and close to 5 pounds thinner than I am now. Sigh. All pics … [Read more…]
I was just sure I must’ve written something with this title before; looks like it was hashtag winterblahs in 2014, and winter blahs in 2013. Nothing on the newer blog for winter blahs, but I found Still January from 2018. Anyways, I’m feeling frozen and not in a good way – sluggish, like my metabolism … [Read more…]