Monday, 3rd, no I guess 4th, week of safer at home. It didn’t feel much like a Monday. I was late getting out for my walk – I didn’t leave the house till after 8:00 a.m. – but I was still able to walk right down the middle of N. Allen St. at 8:30 am., … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
I walked the dog and she didn’t escape. I made coffee with my brother’s stove top espresso maker and only boiled the milk over a little bit. Electric stove … And I couldn’t find the nice little All-clad pot for the milk. I wonder if he took it with him? I obviously brought the right … [Read more…]
It was kind of like watching a tennis match. On Friday, Belana’s parents were supposed to arrive at Chicago O’Hare at about 2:00 in the afternoon. Belana and her friend Kiera decided to take an early bus Chicago, so they could have a couple of hours downtown, then ride the blue line out to the … [Read more…]
The theme for this week is corn, and the new Graduate students’ orientation/Bootcamp I’m coordinating, and binge-watching Outlander before they take it down Thursday. And not blogging. [portfolio_slideshow pagerpos=disabled] Mark’s been in Chicago since a week ago Monday, except for coming to meet me in Milwaukee to see the Baseball Project, last Wednesday. So of … [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…]
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…]