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…]
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…]
In this week since Mothers Day, there’s been some good stuff. Let’s talks about that instead of whining (whinging in British) on about all my sinus pain and and knee pain and worry and fatigue. I cooked a few good things, like Hetty McKinnon’s peanut noodles, now also featured in the banner. These I actually … [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…]
OK, so, happy Monday. I started this post earlier this morning, but I think the draft got bleeped out because, probably foolishly, probably succumbing to being up-sold, I upgraded my hosting service to a higher level – and more expensive – account. Which had to be migrated, and that always has unexpected consequences. But no … [Read more…]
So I kinda let last weekend and week get away from me – actually all of February so far, since my last post it was still January. And it was freezing cold & snowy then, as opposed to the sunny & 42° it is now. Or, well, one of the weather apps says 43 and … [Read more…]
Even though it’s getting summer-y. Or maybe because it’s getting summer-y; too much time spent at the WFH office computer feeling like I’m too hot, and I have a headache, and it’s nice outside, “Do I have to do this now?” Although there was a lot of time this week when it hasn’t been so … [Read more…]
Saturday morning I got up and while I was still in my pajamas, I baked a bunch of pumpkin stuff – well, kabocha squash really. I had a bucket of puree that was really dry, but smooth and sweet and a very pretty color. It went into pumpkin scones and pumpkin-cranberry muffins earlier in the … [Read more…]
So, just 2 weeks ago Saturday, the high was 54°, and one week ago it was blissful 72°. Today the high is predicted to be 89°, but I bet it goes higher than that, because yesterday it was 90°. Mark’s got the AC on upstairs and I don’t blame him. I don’t even get my … [Read more…]