This Memorial Day hasn’t been much like other Memorial Days where we had lots of people over, and kids visiting from out of town, and went to picnics and outdoor concerts. We did have a small gathering on Saturday, our traditional driveway picnic, but it made me kind of question my hostess status, like do … [Read more…]
Or, one step forward, two steps back. Like the Grateful Dead song, “Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride”. Just like everything, the weather is up and down, back and forth. A week ago Friday the high was 90°, today it’s 60°. For every positive thing, seems like there’re at least two negatives. And … [Read more…]
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks. End of semester and grading, conferences, trips to Chicago, extra volunteer work …. and any minute now I am going to hear from my CSA farm that the deliveries are about to start and it’s time to start writing recipes. And there’s still some from last year that … [Read more…]
Susan and I walked early on Wednesday, rescheduled from our usual Monday because she was on grandma childcare duty on Monday. We were going early because I was supposed to be downtown at 10:00 for a coffee date. But, my 10:00 cancelled, so I went grocery shopping instead. And experienced some supply chain issue frustrations. … [Read more…]
I seem incapable of writing a full length post, but here’s a new muffin recipe. I haven’t tasted a cooked one yet, but the batter I licked off my fingers while I was making them was delicious. Totally gratuitous text added so that you will see “read more” in the listing of posts, and not … [Read more…]
On Wednesday Susan and I drove to Milwaukee in a cold rain and rush hour traffic to see Robyn Hitchcock, a show that had been postponed since 2020. Susan had to drive back after the show – well, we switched at Hartland – because I couldn’t see well enough in the rain. Here’s the setlist. … [Read more…]
Friday morning I broke a mirror. Well, maybe – it’s possible it was already broken before I dropped it. It’s an old makeup mirror that used to be able to stand in its blue plastic frame, but the frame’s been gone for a long time, so it’s this approximately 6-inch round mirror with a magnifying … [Read more…]
… fewer deadlines. The last couple weeks I’ve just been feeling so slammed with work, and then I added on working at the polls and volunteering at the Libraries Book sale, and the film fest. April has already been the cruelest month and we’re only one week in. Late March was kind of mean, too. … [Read more…]
And a show with no dinner. Monday night my plan for dinner was freshly griddled English muffins with various toppings. The English muffins had been rising in the fridge since Saturday night, while we were in Chicago for the day on Sunday; more on that in a minute. The muffins were the Washington Post no-knead … [Read more…]
We went to Chicago on John’s birthday, but we didn’t get to see John. We had tickets for the opera, Tosca, that’s really long, two intermissions. It started at 7:00, so we made a dinner reservation for 5:00, thinking maybe they could join us at the restaurant for a drink if the timing worked out. … [Read more…]