I think the fabric of the universe has been rent asunder. The weather has been nuts – it can’t stay cold and keeps going up and down. On Monday it was in the 40s, up to 50° on Tuesday, then the wind rose and temperature dropped to the 20s by Wednesday morning and we got … [Read more…]
It’s one week + one day since the 4th of July. Since then I’ve had a lot of cooking adventures that didn’t come out quite right. And the ever-increasing horror of the big ugly bill, somewhat ameliorated with small encouragements when people fight back. And all the bad news from Texas and other climate change … [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…]
… Or at least trying to, and I had to go to Denver to do it, although not sure being on vacation provides more writing opportunities when the vacation is visiting grandkid #2. I closed my last post saying I’d do better but that hasn’t happened. And that was a whole weekend plus all the … [Read more…]
Whatta week … I was gonna say more like 9 days since I last posted but it’s really only been a week. The political news is crazy, the weather is changeable, and I haven’t been doing very well at photographing food. Or at any of my retirement re-organization projects. Or any of my more vague … [Read more…]
Enervated (one of my mom’s favorite words). Spending too much time sopping up water in the basement. Saturday night we got 3+ inches in something like 3 hours. Quietly freaking about recent political news, although, since Mark is in quarantine upstairs after he tested positive for Covid Friday morning, I’m downstairs with the cats. Which … [Read more…]
And rhubarb, because when we got the last CSA box of our short 4-week season last Thursday, I dumped my kohlrabi in the swap box and in exchange took someone else’s rhubarb that they had dumped. So I got double rhubarb and no kohlrabi which is A-OK with me, but now I do need to … [Read more…]
This week … Russia invaded Ukraine. In the light of that, how can any of my personal distresses and kvetches matter. I mean, no one’s dropping bombs on my house, there are not tanks rolling down my street. But yet, here I am, entangled in them. We had Twos-day (02-22-2022) and everyone made a deal … [Read more…]
There’s nothing left of the holiday goodies but fruitcake, oh and a few crystalized ginger shortbreads. And a tupperware of marzipan dates. I’m sure I’ll manage to consume it all – none of these are varieties Mark likes – and I think as long as I don’t eat it all in one day, just spread … [Read more…]
So, way back at the beginning of pandemic, I made these long rise whole wheat English muffins from the Washington Post. Then in June I tried out some sourdough ones, using a King Arthur recipe. They came out way too big, but were really good for egg sangwiches. So, now – in October – I … [Read more…]