Things I did not understand as a child: How the band playing the songs on the car radio fit into the trunk How the French Toast could possibly be so thick. Was there some secret ingredient that made it fluff up? (No, they just cut … Continue reading Je ne comprends pas
Whining about service
My most recent contribution to the Vinoteca blog. You DelSo regulars know where I'm talking about... Whining about service
I can see clearly now the rain has gone
image: http://phoenixlasiksurgeon.orgNo, literally. I have new glasses and an intense rain shower just moved furiously through the DelSo. Things look different, both sharpened and softened somehow, and I feel as if I am seeing my surroundings with new eyes. These two events got me to thinking about my vision over the years, recalling when I … Continue reading I can see clearly now the rain has gone
Troy’s Botanic Studio
I used to really have a way with plants. And I don't mean that in a good way. Other than a single plant that somehow survived the days when I had to choose between nurturing the children or some potted greenery, I pretty much killed plants. Something shifted, though, about 10 years ago. I inherited … Continue reading Troy’s Botanic Studio
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
image: jenniferdonnelly.comJennifer Donnelly, who resides in upstate New York, writes very engaging historical fiction. Prior to my reading Revolution, I had read a previous novel of hers, A Northern Light, which takes the Theodore Dreiser story An American Tragedy and changes the narrator to a female teenager working in an Adirondack boarding house. Do you know this story? … Continue reading Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Rock & Run recap
SPAC ~ May 20, 2012Can I blame my less than stellar time (28:27) on Max London? No, probably not, but I can thank Capriccio Saratoga for the excellent Pasta Puttanesca carb load we enjoyed Saturday night. I can also say, that it was a hot morning and a hillier than expected course. And a lot … Continue reading Rock & Run recap
Welcome!
image: downrangereport.blogspot.comI wrote an awesomely bitchy note on my iPad earlier. My intent was to work it into a blog post but, as I was polishing it, it somehow disappeared. Poof! Gone. It was a verbose piece. I used lots of big words, inspired perhaps by my stay last night at the Saratoga Hilton, formerly … Continue reading Welcome!