Taken by my father.


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Have just been told that my grandmother has passed away. She had undergone surgery for a broken hip a few days ago, and complications began to creep in, as is not surprising for a 91-year old lady. She died peacefully, with some family members with her when she went ( Read more... )

Gourmet Magazine seemed to thrive on ads for booze, boy howdy. So of course, you have to learn how to use all that good stuff...here are some drink recipes from a 1959 issue. Trader Vic's, ahoy!


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The trip to DC was relatively smooth - no travel delays, and good service on Delta (nicer planes than I've seen recently, too) a nice time with my family and friends, some visiting time for favorite museums, an interesting and productive work conference, and a very comfortable, fun to drive, so-ugly-it's-cute Nissan Cube as our rental car (despite ( Read more... )

Have attended my conference (by turns fascinating and also over my head), have eaten cupcakes, kebab, and lots of Chinese, have photographed many orchids and a few works of art, and am now on my way to Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival with my sister and Bemo, where we will meet up with apis_mellifera, whom I haven't seen in ages. Hopefully I will also find some ( Read more... )

So apparently US forces have killed Osama Bin Laden? As somebody who was a few miles away from the Pentagon, and right smack next to the White House on 9/11, I am not made unhappy by this news. I still remember the way the blue sky looked, with the tendril of black smoke rising upwards.

I've been wanting to update, but am going through one of those phases where I have things to say but they all seem to be locked up and lacking words. Everyone around me seems to be having a hard time with things. My sister is struggling with stuff. I'm struggling with stuff. Bemo's trip to the lawyer yesterday was not very promising - if we do get ( Read more... )

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I just turned up my old sensai on Facebook. He's now a high-end chocolatier in California, of all things.

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