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Monthly Archives: July 2013

Joe & Terry’s wedding

Monday, July 29, 2013

Here are my photos of the wedding ceremony and lunch.

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Seattle trip

Saturday, July 27, 2013

We’re visiting in Seattle for a wedding. Last night we went to Safeco field to watch the Twinkies beat the Mariners, although they didn’t accomplish that until we were walking home. We left with the game tied 1-1, a mixed gaggle of ages & relationships; us, the to-be-married couple, and assorted brothers, sisters in law, […]

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Don’t try this at home

Thursday, July 25, 2013

A few years ago, I discovered the pleasures of a salon leg wax. You go into a private room, and they spread nice-smelling warm wax on your legs, press on strips of cloth-like paper, and yank those off, along with your leg hairs. It’s kind of expensive, but my legs are not very hairy, so […]

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Oma’s yahrzeit, or, “too humid for pie”

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

July 22nd is my mother’s yahrzeit – this year it’s been 9 years. I lit a candle in the crystal candle holder  my mom and I bought at the Art Fair on the Square because we thought it would look good for Opa’s yahrzeit candle (tho in this pic, I’m using one of Oma’s candle-go-round […]

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Here comes the weekend

Sunday, July 21, 2013

And what did I make of it? Friday it was still ridiculously hot, and we went out to dinner, at Madison’s star chef gastropub, Graze – the place Tory Miller opened so he could serve burgers and pork buns and fried cheese curds – sometimes there’s even poutine on the menu. Yesterday, Saturday, was mostly […]

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Just one of those days

Thursday, July 18, 2013

I lost my keys three times. The last time, I had to dump my green Timbuk2 bag completely out to find them. I guess that’s OK – the bag had gotten kind of junked up since ALA, so a thorough dump out was a good thing. Mark calls it my Hermione bag, but Hermione had […]

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Peach mini galettes

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Somebody brought a half full case of peaches to work the other day – so I said I’d take enough home to make a pie, and bring it back. I was thinking hand pies, and ended up making nine mini galettes, because I thought they’d be easier to seal and less likely to pop open. […]

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Hoods down

Sunday, July 14, 2013

It’s just sinking in about the Trayvon Martin verdicit. John’s photo from May, I think taken somewheres in Milwaukee. Usually stick to writing about food, but jeez …

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Friday work at home day

Friday, July 12, 2013

This week I have been lazily posting to tumblr and Twitter and scanting the blog. Rach got here Sunday – I made pie. On Monday, I had an evening class, where some f the students were logging in remotely and the rest were in the room with me, which made it a 12-hour day, so […]

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Long weekend

Sunday, July 7, 2013

I’ve been enjoying the long holiday weekend – I didn’t work at all on the 4th and only a couple of hours each Friday and Saturday and Sunday – tho I am not quite started on Sunday’s hours as yet <grin>. Yesterday I tried out a recipe for a [vegan] roasted tomato sauce. I liked […]

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