We’re going walking in Yorkshire in a little over a week (when I started this, anyways. Now it’s less than a week). I’m trying to get past the worry-over-everything-that-needs-to-be-done-before-we-go phase, and start getting excited about the trip, but it’s hard. Meanwhile life goes on in cooking and bike riding and in general here in Madison. … [Read more…]
I just ate my first and probably only Diane’s Dad’s summer sandwich of the summer of 2026 – last year looks like it was July. Made on slices of my most recent loaf of honey whole wheat that still did not rise as high as I thought it should but the taste and texture are … [Read more…]
Mostly I was on a tear to use up anything that wouldn’t keep while we’re at TIFF, and get all CSA veggies processed. On Friday I was going to make pizza, and I left some pizza dough rising in the fridge before I left for work. As it turned out Mark didn’t get back from … [Read more…]
No grilling. No parties or friends over. No biking. Lots of rain, and flash flood warnings, and sopping up the basement on Friday night. Now they say we’re under an areal flood warning – I guess that’s when there might be flooding due to slow seepage, instead of flash. On Friday I left work early, … [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…]
I can’t decide if last week was the last week of summer, or if it’s really this one. It’s a late Labor Day, Sept. 5, and the high school kids have 2 days of school beforehand, but the college kids don’t go back until after. Either way, the school year is cranking up – I’ve … [Read more…]