I've pretty much taken it easy today, though I seem to be unable to sleep in past 7:30 am anymore. This would completely gobsmack my younger college self who routinely slept in til 10 or even noon ( Read more... )

I spent down at the new dojo. We worked on it all day long, moving mats from the temporary dojo quarters to the new, plus getting all our stuff out of storage and into the new location. It's really a lovely new place, it's a good size (though not as big as the old place; we will probably never regain our former size, although who knows what is in ( Read more... )

So yesterday was a blast...Turkey came out perfectly. There was a salad with a homemade vinaigrette and spicy pecans in it, seasoned biscuits, mashed potatoes done just right, gravy, orange-cranberry relish, brussel sprouts with pancetta and pine nuts, traditional stuffing, and butternut squash soup. Simple, but wonderfully tasty. And my two ( Read more... )

All the pies are packed and ready to go. So I'll be offline the rest of today as I go spend time with family :-). It's rainy/wet today (though most of the rain came down last night I think) and I can't think of a wet Thanksgiving I've had before (though there probably have been). My car is actually cleaner now which tells you how dirty it's ( Read more... )

Both pies are done, and no major disasters, so I'm free to go off this afternoon to spend some time with friends. I promised recipes so here they are -- I took a bunch of pictures while making them so I'll add those when I get them uploaded ( Read more... )

(ETA: I corrected the amount of butter below! If you printed this off or something, check for the correction ( Read more... )

This is one of the few topics almost guaranteed to set me off, so much so that I rarely discuss religion with others out of respect for others. No one likes to have their hair blasted off and ears singed unexpectedly ;-) I don't shy from making it clear I have issues with it; I simply won't engage in discussion with people so most around me know ( Read more... )

Fairly busy weekend, got a fair amount done. I'll try to upload some pix to go with this one ( Read more... )

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There is an odd double vision to growing older. Perhaps even triple. As I get older, with each new discovery I make, I realize several things at once (besides, of course "Oh crap, I'm getting older"). As new as it is to me, it is NOT unique, these things, or variations thereof are universal. A few more wrinkles on the face, hands. More creaks ( Read more... )