We didn’t really celebrate Passover this year, either. I was mostly thinking Easter would be a good catch up, relaxation kind of day. On Friday, John let me know that he and Megan were coming, arriving Saturday afternoon. Their plan was to go to watch Wrestlemania at their friend Matt’s house, really his mom’s house … [Read more…]
In the face of every news item being worse than the last, what is there to do but carry on trying to be normal? Which for me of course is cooking. And going for walks, sometimes to one of my HMO’s clinics to get a shot, like I did on Tuesday morning. After getting back … [Read more…]
We’ve been home something like 2 days now, it’s Friday morning and we got back Tuesday night, so I’m thinking I better write down a few more thoughts about the trip before I forget. And, now that we’re back, we’re tumbled into fall busy-ness, like the UW-Libraries book sale where I volunteer, and the last … [Read more…]
We went on a quick 4-day getaway to Door County. I was stressed about going (I know unseemly in a retired person, but still) but as the trip got closer and I got more things settled, like combo kitty care with the kids up the street and their dad taking care of the orange kitties … [Read more…]
Or clearing out. Organizing stuff, getting the stuff we don’t want all into one area, one pile, so I can call one of the junk haul away services. So I keep going down and looking around and telling myself I’m planning. Ha. There’s this white dresser that I think I should sell rather than get … [Read more…]
And listening to the news. In my pajamas on a Tuesday morning at 7:20. I listened to an NPR story about a documentary about Black art. And then I watched the Jimmy Fallon interview with Shailene Woodley that I fell asleep during last night, where she confirmed her engagement to Aaron Rodgers. I decided that … [Read more…]
So lets see, where did we leave off? looks like last Wednesday. I, like everyone else, have been cooking a lot, but un-like myself, have not been taking many pictures of the food. I’ve been invited to two pandemic cooking facebook groups, coronavirus lockdown food show! that I joined, and another one I have not … [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…]
When cookie season is terribly compressed. Not enough weekends, and the ones I do have, I keep giving up for trips to Chicago. I’ve made one cookie kind so far, the lebkuchen. This year I tried a new recipe, from King Arthur Flour, and I kinda like it. I made my normal batch using the … [Read more…]
I’m in some kind of long dry spell, not inspired to take many pictures or write, and barely even any time to cook. Here’s a few pictures, because somehow the last few weeks I’m incapable of doing anything else. The featured image is book sale discards. I am hopeful that I will get better when … [Read more…]