I’m up waiting for Rob to come home although there’s a chance that he won’t be home until tomorrow. Confused? He was driving back tonight from California, after driving there yesterday to drop off grapes. He thought he’d make it back by 12:30ish tonight but also thought he might stop and sleep instead. So, I’m […]
Cobbler, icecream and waiting for Rob Read More »
To catch you up, Maggie stopped eating again which is troubling since she hadn’t really gained back the weight she’d lost when she was so ill. Knowing how bad it can be if cats stop eating, I tried force-feeding her this morning and that went exactly as well as you might imagine. Taking the wiser
Maggie ailing again. Read More »
As small gifts at Christmas, I made homemade Balsamic dark chocolate truffles. This was my first foray into truffle making, so I was surprised by how easy they were to make. They were so easy that I decided to try another recipe from the same site that several reviewers recommended. Tasty, yes. However, it prompted
Yesterday I woke spontaneously at 9:00 a.m., which I did not approve of. I’d had so little sleep the night before, that it just seemed unfair and yet I was wide, wide awake. So fine. I got up, took a shower and eventually wandered out to the farmer’s market with my roomie Heather Lindsley. We
11:36 I’m heading to the airport to go to the Nebulas. # 13:30 Wacky. I used the new paperless boarding pass on my cellphone and it worked. It’s like living in the future. # 14:30 On my plane to LA via Cleveland. The paperless boarding pass was stunningly easy to use. I felt very SF
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I have to say that seeing a vegetable garden go in at the White House makes me really happy. via The White House – Blog Post – Spring Gardening.
The White House – Blog Post – Spring Gardening Read More »
As part of the month of birthday experiences, I threw a Favorite Childhood Food Potluck. The rules were that you could bring the actual item or a grown up rendition of it. It was a tremendous amount of fun, but not clearly thought through. Why? Because everyone’s favorite childhood food was a dessert. We had
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I was a little distracted today but still managed to wrap up a story and edit another. At one point, to keep from checking my email every two minutes, I headed into the kitchen to start cooking and made some Deep, Dark Chocolate cookies. Gluten free, I’ll have you note. We all trouped out to
Writing Retreat Day 3 Read More »
And today, ladies and gentlemen, I learned that not all to-go cartons are microwave safe. The container on the left, containing my lunch, and the container on the right began life as the same size. One minute and thirty seconds later, I had a shrinky-dink.
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Today we took it totally easy. We’d had invitations to go to friends homes for Thanksgiving and turned them down because having two whole days with nothing on the schedule seemed much more appealing. I made blueberry walnut muffins for breakfast. Around mid-day I realized that we basically had apples and some salsa in the
When we had the Codex Writers’ Retreat we had a cookout one night and on another night we went out to barbecue. I had to explain to some of the guests that the two words were not synonymous. The following song will explain better than I could. Spotted at Matthew Jarpe, who clearly understands barbecue.
I like this recipe for cookies. What I don’t like is that my oven is running 200 degrees hotter than it should. See those cookies that look like they are completely burned? That’s how much was left on the pan after I chiseled the rest away. I don’t use the word chisel, hyperbolically. Nice, huh?
This is mostly so I can find the recipe again. A friend of mine gave me a bag of Thai Iced Tea, which is one of my favorite beverages. I can only have one and early in the day, because I have issues with caffeine, ((More than a half cup of coffemakes me shake, sweat
Our friend Daddi is in town for a big expo and he brought us several packs of our favorite Icelandic treat. Flatkökur are flat cakes, that sort of look like burned crepes. Made with rye flour, they are sooooo tasty and I’ve missed them a lot. There’s nothing comparable here.
We have flatkökur! Read More »
My flight was further delayed, but that was just fine. I sat down and this charming gentleman settled into the seat next to mine. I noticed that his reading material was Naomi Mitchison’s Travel Light, from Small Beer Press. Naturally, this merited comment, as it made it almost certain that he was also coming from
The trip home from WisCon Read More »