In my last post I mentioned some of my recent cooking near misses, slimy, smelly broccoli; bitter squash; elderly peppers. I’ve continued having things go awry in the kitchen, not disasters that go straight into compost, more like disappointments. Like this leek and squash galette I made the other day, where I got the bottom … [Read more…]
OK, it’s November. We’ve had some days with a high of 35° and other days like today where the high was 66°. One of the really cold days was last Tuesday, Halloween. I already posted a bunch of pics of our pumpkins but here they are lit on Halloween night. We got hardly any trick … [Read more…]
Somehow last week got kinda busy. Monday and Tuesday weren’t so bad, and I told you about them the last post. The rest of the week was the problem – three days in a row with all-day things, Wednesday Jasper, Thursday the state library conference, and Friday we went to Chicago for the symphony. Followed … [Read more…]
I carved a pumpkin with a mask on. We put out bags of candy, with a peppermint patty, a snickers, and a peanut butter cup in each one. I made 10 bags, and only 2 got taken so I brought the rest in on Sunday morning. We had a zoom Halloween party with the kids, … [Read more…]
So ever since the garage job started the first week of August the overhanging question was would it be done in time for us to move all the stuff from the Chicago apartment into it at the end of October. And no, unfortunately, I did not meet my goal of taking daily progress pics, sorry … [Read more…]
The weather in Denver quickly changed. On Saturday it was almost 70 when we were hiking in Boulder, and by the time we got up Sunday there was snow – an inch or two on the ground, and it was cold, in the 20s. Saturday after our hike we ate at Centro. I still have … [Read more…]
Gawd, I started this post a week ago … thinking I’d write about Fall food. It’s just the ever present dread, and the news is so awful – omigod Pittsburgh … and letter bombs … and executive orders to take away natural born citizenship. Not to mention iSchool and advising week, 35-30-minute appointments with students … [Read more…]
Squash, Pumpkin Pies (with marshmallow fluff rosettes, and pumpkin s’more pie with a chocolate cookie crust and marshmallow fluff meringue on top), wet leaves, and my jack-o-lantern pumpkin that I have yet to carve. Well, it’s only the 28th of October. [portfolio_slideshow pagerpos=disabled size=full]