September 2013

41st Birthday

I had a lovely 41st birthday:

I went back to the ophthalmologist this week for a re-check on my eyeball situation. The good news is, the…

While going through some old correspondence this past week, I ran across two letters from two different friends (written to…

Many things have been said about my hair over the years (famously, “your hair is like baling wire!“), mostly by…

No, it’s not made from chocolate goats. I’ve been looking for a good alternative to cows-milk ice cream for Jamieson.…

On Monday, I modified a vegetarian chili recipe from a recent issue of Cook’s Illustrated magazine and developed this variation…

Chocolate chips are the dessert of desperation. You know what I’m talking about. Don’t pretend you’ve never done it. It’s…

A red dragonfly showed up in our yard today, and he politely paused to let me take his picture. We…