Up at 4 am. Sat down and paid the real estate taxes, finally. I usually like to pay them early and get the discount for us but I didn't this year. Lost money because of that. I know better but have been in a (?) mood. A sluggish, depressed, escapist, avoidist place. Not getting any of the important things done - just frittering away my time on the ( Read more... )

I woke up at 3. Went back to bed again but couldn't sleep. Then I remembered that I wanted to make those raisin bran cookies. So I got up and made them. Eating one now. Pretty good. They have a bit of a different taste because I used olive oil instead of butter. Once that is identified then they taste okay. My dad used to get up in the middle of ( Read more... )

I've been watching Get Back, about the Beatles just before their breakup. I'm seeing mixed reviews here on LJ about it but I am really enjoying it. Especially getting to watch them write their songs. I think it is amazing to see. We are getting to see what the song looked like as it was being born. The songs don't sound quite right (because they ( Read more... )

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It's turning into a productive day. I made a zucchini bread/cake with the first 3 zucchinis from Dave's garden. I made it very zucchini rich and low in sugar and oil. I'm interested to see how it tastes. Also baking a fresh batch of seed cakes for the chickens. And I finished an alcohol ink page for the book. It looks better close up when you can ( Read more... )

The question:
6 Who is your favorite celebrity chef? Why do you like them?Julia Child? That is the only one I can even think of. I don't watch those kinds of shows ( Read more... )

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