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…]
Looks like last year, I wrote about Mother’s Day on the Monday after, so I guess I might as well continue the tradition. And, I’d like to take a little farther back look into the weekend’s activities. On Saturday, I hosted a benefit for Forward Theater, kind of a progressive dinner, starting at my house, … [Read more…]
Obligatory, maybe, but oh so nice. Friday was a funny, back and forth kind of day. I had a dentist appointment at 2:00 and a short meeting at 4:00. The dentist confirmed that I hadn’t damaged my teeth or jaw permanently in my face smashing, yay! Before that, I finished grading all my 60 students’ … [Read more…]