… just a little different. We went to see a show as we’ve often done before but at a bar we’d never been to before, Hungry Brain. Kind of a cool place with little tables and some red leather booths and a nice stage. For the first set, they played excerpts of several classical pieces, … [Read more…]
So the Willy Street Fair was partially rained out and definitely the reduced edition. Like only one stage instead of three and no parade. So I didn’t see nearly the number of people I was wishing for. After I asked Mark for us not to leave for our Yorkshire Dales walking trip until after the … [Read more…]
And I haven’t even told you about Denver, or much beyond our first day there. When I backed up my pictures there were 51 – it’s been that long since I last did a backup. To start, the following pics are our 1st day in Denver and our first post-birthday day back in Madison. Our … [Read more…]
… Or at least trying to, and I had to go to Denver to do it, although not sure being on vacation provides more writing opportunities when the vacation is visiting grandkid #2. I closed my last post saying I’d do better but that hasn’t happened. And that was a whole weekend plus all the … [Read more…]
Seemingly endless. Or maybe it’s because this is my 1st retired Fourth. The 4th was a Thursday so lots of people were on holiday from the 4th to the 8th. And it’s seemed holiday-mode-ish since the beginning of last week. I just deleted literally hundreds of July 4th sale emails. Our long holiday weekend kind … [Read more…]
My over-scheduled existence is supposed to be easing up slightly … I think it actually is, but I still feel pretty busy. And tired. But I do feel like I have a little more time to get organized so let’s do it – a catching up post to list all the activities since last we … [Read more…]
I’ve been feeling like I’m taking too long between posts so I’m forgetting all my pithy insights on whatever it is I thought I’d write about. I’m also discouraging myself from taking so many pictures of things since I feel like they’re all starting to look like earlier pictures I already took. See Saturday brekkie … [Read more…]
Last year Susan and I went to the Sylvee for the Joey’s Song benefit. I actually think it was the 2022 show postponed to 2023 due to Covid, etc. This year I watched the livestream instead, partly while I was cooking and cleaning up dinner (lentil and sweet potato curry, where the lentils never got … [Read more…]
I am trying to figure out this retired thing, schedule-wise. I seem to never have time to do the things I thought I’d have more time for, like blog posts and art and food photography and reorganizing the basement. Cooking in general. Exercise. Fixing up the house. Oh, and I want to get another cat. … [Read more…]
Not much cooking this week because it was getting ready to go to the library conference and using up leftovers. I’ve used the big new mixer a few times, and I’m warming to it. The on and speed switch has a lot more increments, so you can start the mixer super slowly and the flour … [Read more…]