And I’m not sure the one after’s starting any better. Last week started on Tuesday because of the Labor Day holiday, but even though it was a short week I feel like more bad things happened than good. And, I started writing this Saturday and am just now finishing the following Tuesday. It was the … [Read more…]
Some of the stuff I did do: Processed A LOT of tomatoes (I bought a 25-lb. box from my CSA that I brought home Thursday night); now in the freezer there is: A carton of chunky tomato sauce with white wine & rosemary; another of Marcella’s famous tomato-butter sauce; 2 cartons of roasted tomato sauce; … [Read more…]
And it’s an undocumented week. I last wrote on Thursday when I was still grading, which I did finish on Sunday and then only had to upload the grades Monday morning. I went for a Covid test on Friday morning, and got the negative results on Saturday, although the University Health Services warns that I … [Read more…]
We got up like regular for a Saturday, and biked to to the Westside farmers market, the “new normal”, since the big downtown market on the square is cancelled for this summer, and the replacement is drive- or bike-through markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You have to pre-order, and I’m torn, because I really admire … [Read more…]
At the beginning of this week, most mornings when I first waked up, I didn’t feel quite right. Headachey, stuffed up. I’ve been asking Mark, “The virus, summer cold, the heat?” and he always answers, “The heat”. We’ve been in the midst of real “hotter than July” – highs in the 90s everyday, and humidity, … [Read more…]
This afternoon for about an hour it just kept getting darker and darker, and there was even a little thunder, but no rain. I mean, now it’s raining hard AF, but there was a long threatening period. Kind of like dozens of other threatening things hanging over us now. I think I’ll just post a … [Read more…]
It’s kinda hard to know what is happening … Since we live in a country, and a state, with no consistent pandemic policies, stuff’s open, stuff’s closed, a fall spike (or even August) of Covid-19 cases is predicted, and there are lots of headlines now about numbers of sick people going up. Last week, University … [Read more…]
Cook a lot and eat a lot Walk a lot, and wear a mask when you go in places Think very hard about other creative projects and do them sometimes. Once in awhile get rid of old junk. These ladders belonged to John & Al’s dad, Jeff. I kind of inherited them when … [Read more…]
So many dinners, and meals, and cleaning up – that I’m not taking pictures of – so many walks – that I’m not taking pictures of – so many online meetings – that I do have a few pictures of. Collections of (mostly) old people on zoom. I left off last Saturday when I baked … [Read more…]
This week I’ve been feeling a little more optimistic that we’re going to come out of this thing OK. Different, but OK. I’ve actually seen a new, not exactly meme, but thought that more than one person is expressing, that we don’t want to get back to normal, we want to get back to better. … [Read more…]