Fig wine, as a step towards vinegar, is in process on my kitchen counter. I worry i added too much water: figs aren't that juicy. There are recipes for fig wine adding lots of water. In the tasting notes i'll read "it's not that figgy" and i'll wonder if it isn't mainly the added sugar and all the water that makes up most of the wine. I've also ( Read more... )

I met with my coach on Tuesday. I don't think i went to a particularly fragile place, but it exhausted me ( Read more... )

There's a promise of pleasant weather for this weekend where the "highs" of 85F (29.4 C) are the sames as the "feels like". Yesterday's high was an unremarkable 96F (35.6 C) so bloth lower temperatures and lower humidity seem miraculous. I have dreams of doing that probably far outstrip my spoons, but i think i can start mowing down stilt grass ( Read more... )

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Checks LiveJournal. Yup, not crossposting. Thanks to Dreamwidth's "yourlibrarian" for the heads-up ( Read more... )

Crosspost from Friday, January 28th, 2022 06:50 am failed. Here it is ( Read more... )

We are currently at the point where if the forecast is inches of snow, we think "maybe we will see a flake or two." As i headed to bed last night, there were fat flakes falling occasionally. I think if a cluster of snow crystals found each other to fall together, they could stay cold enough to hit the ground as snow.

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Lots of random snippets

Before last night, I did not understand why i am so cold. I don't recall it being so hard to shift to being comfortable, indeed, i recall being delighted that it was finally not hot and humid. It does remind me of how -- before the wonderful shade tree was cut down -- our Mountain View apartment's concrete walls held a cool. ( Read more... )