We had potatoes for breakfast again today. Then we went to see Rossini’s Cinderella, staged in 1930s Hollywood – so Cinderella and the ugly stepsisters were trying to parts in a movie. Snacked on some party leftovers, and now it’s time for dessert – maybe trifle, or I still really want rhubarb bars and vanilla […]
The subject line of my sister-in-law’s email inviting us to my brother’s and her 25th wedding anniversary party. Their marriage is the same age as my oldest son – and coincidentally, John was at their place for their 21st anniversary, when he had just turned 21, in the midst of a cross-country trip with three […]
First movie of the day Saturday – 1920s gangsters, but played by kids, so the tommy guns shoot whipped cream and the cars are all pedal cars. Jodie Foster & Scott Baio are the two biggest stars. It’s got a reputation as a great comedy, but there’s something off putting about kids in those roles […]
On Wednesday, we went to Ian’s Pizza and had a couple slices and split a salad between movies – I had a potato, cheese & ranch dressing slice that was really good, and a feta, spinach and tomato that was less so – somehow the spinach had an old taste. There were two women interviewing […]
The first film of the Fest for us, about an Algerian refugee who has washed up in Quebec. He takes over as the teacher for a class at an elementary school – their teacher committed suicide by hanging herself in the classroom, where one of the kids found her. All the kids in the class […]
This morning I took some potatoes that looked like this: And made them look like this: And then we ate them with this: Quite satisfying, really. Al did ask if I’d bought like 45 pounds of asparagus, because “you’ve been putting it in everything, mom”. He’s right – we had shrimp & asparagus pasta last […]
Still trying to use up the asparagus that Molly & David brought us, last night I made asparagus pizza. I used my variant of the Big Sur Bakery crust – their proportions, 1 1/2 cups water, tsp. yeast, big pinch of salt, to 3+ cups of flour – but I add a little bit of […]
Like I said, it got cold again here in WI. The last two evenings, I’ve had online meetings with one of my library school classes. My students are giving short presentations on new technology, and we all meet using web conferencing to hear them. Six students presented in an hour and a half on Tuesday; […]
After our two weeks of summer in March, when it was like 80° everyday, and only in the 50s at night, we’re now having more normal early spring weather in WI – 40s, maybe low fifties in the daytime, in the 30s at night. Yesterday I rode my bike to an early morning meeting at […]