Archive for September, 2011
L’Shana Tovah, and other stuff
I should apologize to my mother someday for my youthful opinions of her reading habits. I’ve been reading Heyer lately and they are far from the clones-in-Empire-dresses-or-dashing-neckcloths I once thought them. Though all are genteel young women of spirit, somewhat past their first youths (in Regency terms), Venetia is nothing like Frederica who is nothing […]
day off and a short book review: The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell
I’m taking a day off today, just because I can (and have lots of casual OT I’ll lose at the end of this month). I’ll take advantage of that to roast a small chicken for Erev Rosh Hashanah. I was hoping to row, but the timing is being difficult, since I need to go at […]
a rash of second rate
I’ve been having a bad run of books lately – ones whose main effect is to remind me of something else I like better. Patricia Wentworth’s Grey Mask: A Miss Silver mystery An elderly, knitting female sleuth, a bit reminiscient of the Miss Marple and Miss Seeton mystery series, but not as likeable as the […]
Hungarian beef goulash soup recipe
For being the first time with a new recipe, this was a raving success. I will write it down as I cooked it, with comments and things i want to try next time in parentheses. This is a good winter meal, and a good dish to cook on a quiet Sunday and have once or […]
knitpics, lots of them
After the trip to Japan, one week back, the trip to the US, and then a weekful of department meetings, I was way behind and way tired. This has been a catching up weekend. On sleep (10 hours Friday night plus a nap yesterday, and I’m not normally a napper), on rowing (13km on the […]
full week
It was a full week, so that it feels like we were on holiday for more than the actual 8 days. (I am quite certain this effect will vanish about 5 seconds after I arrive at work tomorrow.) There was the aforementioned shoe-shopping. There was eating of dinner on the deck while looking out over […]
At home, with boots
I realized we’ve got a tradition going; every time we come to Oregon, we each buy a pair of boots. Last summer when we visited in June (the trip where we came out fully expecting to buy another house but found this much better one instead) we each bought a pair of cowboy boots, light […]
going, going…
About to leave on vacation, yay! Unfortunately I just noticed my older WP site (blog archives before 2006) has been hacked, so I won’t be able to fix that until I get back. I hope I still have the bookmark for it somewhere on my laptop. the other tricky part is planning my upcoming travel. […]
and I realize … I’m going home….
2.5 more days of work until vacation! I have no idea why I get so excited about a chance to spend time at our own house in Oregon, but I do, every time. (Of course, part of that is also just about having a week-and-a-day off work.) I wish we could stay longer but Ted […]
Kindle appeal: nailed
I’m reading A Hidden Witch, by Debora Geary. Like its predecessor A Modern Witch, it can best be described as “sweet”: no major drama, just people finding their place in the world, both in terms of growing into their own potential and of being in a community where they’re loved. At one point in this […]