I guess this year is my second Mothers’ Day as a grandma, but somehow I did not feel quite as grandmotherly last year as I did this year. Maybe because last year Mothers’ Day I wasn’t even retired yet. And of course, I do have two grandkids now, Jasper who’s here and Rowan who’s out … [Read more…]
This time we went to see Robyn Hitchcock, plus we lucked into a nice dinner. And a recipe for May. We left at a leisurely pace on Friday morning. The train was delayed but we didn’t mind too much except the bagel place where we thought we’d get breakfast/lunch closes at 2:00. We dropped our … [Read more…]
My over-scheduled existence is supposed to be easing up slightly … I think it actually is, but I still feel pretty busy. And tired. But I do feel like I have a little more time to get organized so let’s do it – a catching up post to list all the activities since last we … [Read more…]
And other events. In Chicago, I’m starting Earth Day off with a cup of coffee brewed in a hotel Keurig machine, a.k.a. probably the most polluting way to make coffee. We came down to see a Chicago symphony concert and have dinner with John & Megan, and I did just toss the paper symphony ticket … [Read more…]
I’ve been thinking about bread a lot recently. For what might be my 1st recipe-a-month, I made bread. Crescent rolls. Al said they made poppin’ dough crescents and Jasper liked them, so I thought I’d try to make a homemade version. Plus we were having leftover chicken divan and I wanted a side bread that … [Read more…]
April really is the cruellest month this year. The rains came on election day, Tuesday. I watched it just sheeting down from the windows of the polling place. It changed to snow just as I was leaving. It was wet slushy stuff, and made it very hard to see when driving. And also hard to … [Read more…]
And other Easter celebratory things, as much as can be expected from a non-religious person like me, whose last name is Shapiro. So here’re more pictures of the Easter eggs I made with Jasper on Wednesday. The method I read on Instagram for how to do the eggs said to use “medicine cups” for the … [Read more…]
Last Friday we were supposed to leave for 2 nights and 3 days in Chicago. But the weather was sounding scary – wet snow – and Thursday night we chickened out and decided to leave Saturday morning instead. Which brought a feeling of great relief and then of course the snow didn’t amount to much. … [Read more…]
I’ve been feeling like I’m taking too long between posts so I’m forgetting all my pithy insights on whatever it is I thought I’d write about. I’m also discouraging myself from taking so many pictures of things since I feel like they’re all starting to look like earlier pictures I already took. See Saturday brekkie … [Read more…]
I feel like a broken record, repeating myself, but I’m still trying to adjust to this retirement thing. I wish I had more energy and I wish I slept better. I’ve been overeating and I think it’s because there’s a time during the day, usually about 4:00pm, when I just feel like I need a … [Read more…]