The Van Gogh show was called poets and lovers and the first two pictures are the poet and the lover, although I don’t recall which is which. The Hockney show was Hockney and Piero (della Fencesca) and it kind of looked back at Hockney’s works and others in the collection, and a show Hockney was … [Read more…]
We went on a quick 4-day getaway to Door County. I was stressed about going (I know unseemly in a retired person, but still) but as the trip got closer and I got more things settled, like combo kitty care with the kids up the street and their dad taking care of the orange kitties … [Read more…]
It’s been so hot and humid, I’ve already received like 5 pounds of zucchini in my CSA box(es). Yesterday – the summer solstice, only the very first official day of summer, and already a zucchini glut – I made zucchini bread and discovered that I need to tweak my recipe. I think I usually make … [Read more…]
I feel like a broken record, repeating myself, but I’m still trying to adjust to this retirement thing. I wish I had more energy and I wish I slept better. I’ve been overeating and I think it’s because there’s a time during the day, usually about 4:00pm, when I just feel like I need a … [Read more…]
And now it’s really cold. And I’m behind because it’s already the next week, and I have travel to tell you about. I’ll get on that Real Soon Now. Anyways, the weather prediction was for 8 inches of heavy wet snow on Tuesday, so on Monday evening they decided to close school. Then things were … [Read more…]
This week is the Ides of March, feared by Caesar, I guess, but not me. On Monday I took a picture of some heart ornaments in a tree that look kind of bruised, like how all of ours feel now. It’s Phil Lesh’s & John’s birthdays. Phil is 81. Phil’s kids and extended family band, … [Read more…]
And listening to the news. In my pajamas on a Tuesday morning at 7:20. I listened to an NPR story about a documentary about Black art. And then I watched the Jimmy Fallon interview with Shailene Woodley that I fell asleep during last night, where she confirmed her engagement to Aaron Rodgers. I decided that … [Read more…]
Madison Gas & Electric is shutting off our electricity tomorrow morning, so I guess I really have to take the day off from work, although I never have been too good about participating in events in honor of Dr. King. Two years ago when I was in Seattle I looked up all the marches I … [Read more…]
My first day of winter break started with various cooking adventures to keep using up my produce from my CSA Thanksgiving box. Specifically, wilting coleslaw and roasting beets. Mark was going for his regular long loop walk, and I said I’d go too, and peel off at Whole Foods, because we needed lettuce and sour … [Read more…]
Or doing a bunch of stuff half-ass-ed, more like. On Saturday morning, having it all meant biking off to the Westside Farmers Market when it was grey and windy and cold; I felt gypped because all the weather apps said the strong winds would not start until after we got back, but they started early. … [Read more…]