Hmmm, having my website back has not magically given me more time to write for it. Last week was kind of a busy week. Not much cooking, too much eating, state library conference at the Kalahari Resort, featuring oblivious whiteness representations of Africa, in Wisconsin Dells, which itself is rife with oblivious whiteness representations of … [Read more…]
… the rounder we get. Not to quote the Grateful Dead or anything. And not that I’ll ever feel caught up. I am listening to my new album by Ace of Cups, San Francisco’s all-girl psychedelic band, who’re all old ladies like me now. Here’s a bunch of randoms: Madison, Minneapolis, and back in Madison. … [Read more…]
I think I used to be more interesting than I am now, or more diligent. Or maybe I just had more time. Case in point – here’s this year’s First Weekend of Fall post, and a prior, same title, from 2012. I was cooking more, School Woods was still up and running, celebrating 6 years, … [Read more…]
I guess Saturday was the first day of fall, the Autumnal Equinox. I did a bunch of Fall-ish cooking things, including dealing with my 25 pounds of plum tomatoes that I biked up to the Square and purchased on Wednesday morning. In the freezer, I now have a quart of herbed, chunky tomato sauce, one … [Read more…]
Normally on Sundays, I wake up and fret and feel guilty and try to decide how long to stay in bed (which is also spending time with Mark) vs. making brunch vs. getting some exercise vs. working vs. doing something creative … Today it’s windy and blustery outside, finally being appropriately autumnal, so I decided … [Read more…]
My neighborhood is different now in the mornings when I walk, everybody’s up and out and walking the dog and walking the kids to school. It’s not all empty and sleepy like it was in the summer. In my twenties I was a fervent proponent of the belief that men and women are exactly the … [Read more…]