My basement has always leaked a little, ever since we first moved in, in 1999. At first it was just a little seepage along the driveway side of the house. I remember the unhappy discovery that the pile of old wood and construction scraps that the prior owners had left there had actually been functioning … [Read more…]
Seen from the front porch Saturday morning; it got pretty hot later in the day but was still nice and cool at 7:00 or so when I saw these dewy leaves. [portfolio_slideshow pagerpos=disabled size=medium] I had avocado toast with radish leaf aioli and fruit salad for Saturday breakfast after we biked to the Farmers’ Market. … [Read more…]
I’m worried that I’ve become a blog post whiner, or even worse, a blog post bore. That my posts are the kind that have a lot of, “then I did this, then I went here, then I felt guilty for eating too much”, rather than sparkling wit and keen observations of what I am seeing … [Read more…]
So many recipes are for those who are too busy to cook. Me, I’m not too busy to cook, but I’m too busy for writing. I feel like I’ve had some successes, made some tasty food, as the Penzy’s signs say, but that may or may not be apparent in the written version. Last Thursday … [Read more…]
We turned our Memorial Day weekend into a mini film fest, and saw three movies. Friday – The Lobster We really wanted to see this at TIFF, but it was one of the movies that only was shown twice, so too hard to get tickets. I liked it, but it was a real film fest … [Read more…]
Although I am sure my brother would say that it’s not a real holiday unless there’re potatoes. But it’s after 12:00 noon, and I am still in pajamas cooking, and I’ve made: 2 pies, rhubarb-cherry, based on my rhubarb-strawberry pie, with cherries in the amount I usually use of rhubarb, and the rhubarb the amount … [Read more…]
It was raining this morning so I decided to work at home. As soon as I got out of bed – before 7:00, before feeding the cats – the meanderings started. I turned on my computer to send a message to work that I was working at home, and checked into my online course to … [Read more…]
Saturday we went to the farmer’s market and sat outside on a low stone wall by the Capitol, and ate pastries from Graze, and coffee and a scone from Colectivo for breakfast. Something like this, although we had a cherry Danish and a sausage croissant, which is just a roll like pain au chocolat, with … [Read more…]
I’m a little unhappy with my post about last weekend, our crazy Chicago to Madison to Chicago weekend for two graduations. I feel like I reported, but didn’t really express everything I was thinking and feeling. This is a tiny bit due to my desire to protect the names of the individuals involved, but primarily, … [Read more…]
So, my almost daughter in law, Megan, John’s girlfriend, has been living with me for the last two years, while she did her undergrad degree at UW-Madison, and John was in graduate school, getting an MFA in photography at Columbia College in Chicago. They both graduated the same weekend. UW-Madison and Columbia are on pretty … [Read more…]