Over dinner on July 6 we were saying we wished all weekends could be four days. That’s why I thought my mom had the perfect schedule, back in the ’90s when she ran a small library at Braddock Hospital, now UPMC Braddock – oops I guess now closed, UPMC Braddock from 1996-2009. Mom retired in … [Read more…]
We got back at sort of an odd time – early afternoon Saturday. Early, but too late for the farmers market or the strawberry U-Pick at my CSA farm, that I went to last year, and brought two buckets home. And ate them for breakfast, and made jam. I got started cleaning up and doing … [Read more…]
When I worked at Pleasant Company, we used to talk about the history biz – that is, the type of work necessary to maintain and promote and serve customers at historic tourist attractions like Old World Wisconsin, or Independence Hall, or Deadwood, or Colonial Williamsburg. The work we did. Trying to figure out what a … [Read more…]
This one’s in DC, and while attendance is higher than last summer’s conference held in New Orleans (that I skipped, with the happy result that I got to see the Madison fireworks that are always before July 4, when I’m almost always at conference) it’s down for a DC conference. Normally conferences held in either … [Read more…]
Basically how this week has been. On Monday I got up and started a batch of sourdough bread – I made a new starter and thought I should use it. I chucked my old one a few months ago, in a rash of fridge cleaning out. It was probably 20 years old. I used it … [Read more…]
I’m wearing wool socks on June 16th, 2019. It’s 58°. This is complemented by the memory of equally not-right, too-hot days, like 70s in November, biking to work and not even needing to wear gloves. Here’s what the weekend cooking looked like: The quiche was pretty standard; my usual pie crust recipe, with half the … [Read more…]
I’ve been trying to write something since last weekend, or I guess that’s actually weekend before last since I started writing this Tuesday, and now it’s Wednesday, Thursday and I’m falling further behind all the time. Let’s see if I can at least remember the food. This is going to be a looong post, Blogger … [Read more…]
By doing 23 & Me, Rachael found she had a half-sister, who came to visit while Rach was here, thus the houseguest weekend. Which had before it a long, but actually short week, I mean, considering that the work week was only Tuesday through Friday, it sure was long. Speaking of Tuesday, meaning the Tuesday … [Read more…]
We chose to have our grillout on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend and good thing too, because today, Monday, the actual Day, is pretty rainy & grey, while yesterday was gorgeous, sunny and not too hot. My theme for the weekend menu was defrosting the freezer – accomplished on Saturday – using up last … [Read more…]
Or maybe I’m just having a bad week. Monday I put the first scratches on my car. I was pulling into a parking spot at my campus ramp, like I’ve done a million times, and there was this terrible scratching noise, and voilà. The true horror of it is look how many different pieces of … [Read more…]