And ending it late, I guess – I started writing this post on Thursday and am only finishing now on Tuesday back-to-work day. — The other day in an email my brother said I work too hard. So today (Thursday) I decided to start the July 4 weekend early. I am taking Friday off, and … [Read more…]
And family togetherness. On Saturday morning we tried out the big Farmers Market again, followed by a stop at Madison Farmers Unite to pick up a pre-order. It’s a nice bike ride, until you get the vicinity of the county facility where the market is held. The bike paths peter out, and even though this … [Read more…]
… cookie fairy escapades, grading, working remotely constantly, and all the way up to Christmas Eve. Sunday morning after the party I washed the last serving platter at 9:37. I made this cranberry ginger cake from Milk Street Kitchen that I had had a vision of serving warm with mascarpone whipped cream at the party, … [Read more…]
When cookie season is terribly compressed. Not enough weekends, and the ones I do have, I keep giving up for trips to Chicago. I’ve made one cookie kind so far, the lebkuchen. This year I tried a new recipe, from King Arthur Flour, and I kinda like it. I made my normal batch using the … [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…]
We didn’t really go to Chicago to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We had tickets for the opera Saturday – the Lyric doing La Traviata – and we were supposed to go to a Chicago Symphony chamber concert Sunday afternoon. And, I wanted to take John out for his birthday, coming up on Monday. The chamber … [Read more…]
Last year we didn’t have much of anybody around for me to cook for so I didn’t make much in the way of big fancy holiday meals. This year we have an exchange student, but as I’ve mentioned before, she’s not keen on my cooking, so again I’m trying to keep things in check. We’re … [Read more…]
How does this happen, I think I am writing more, and then I look back at postings and I haven’t done anything for almost a week. I got a new iPhone on Thursday and I’ve been getting all my apps and preferences back to what I’m used to, so I guess I could say that’s … [Read more…]
So, OK. On Monday, I got back from helping John sell the car and it started raining, so instead of biking I drove across town to the community center to see what I could make for the food pantry breakfast on Tuesday morning. Despite my hours of worry and dread, and the car smoking and … [Read more…]
I’ve been going around in a black cloud for most of this week, worrying about money, primarily. And I know, I know, these are all problems of privilege – I am fortunate to have all this stuff to worry about. I remember being at the courthouse for something related to my second foster kid, with … [Read more…]