We had some bad news this week. And then it became even worse news; almost the worst; and bad enough that it filled my eyes with hot black fire and made me feel hate like I have never felt. There are, of course, some things about which I can do nothing. And when the angry [...]
Also tagged shitYou probably noticed. I love cooking. Behold my mini-bagels, ye mortals, and despair. Using my standard bagel recipe, I simply made tiny ones! Before I mixed and rose the dough, I divided the quantities into two: half had a dash of cinnamon and maple syrup added, and the other had finely minced dill and spring [...]
Also taggedWeekend performance review. Cooking Sourdough making: 17 points. (50 points for starting first sourdough bread dough; -25 points for forgetting to feed the starter; -20 points for the dud dough which did not produce bread; +12 points for coming up with name “Pongo” for the starter — have renewed zeal for maintaining starter culture) Yoghurt [...]
Also tagged socksSo my yoghurt-making experiment hasn’t been going as well as I’d like. I can get the milk scalded okay, and get the culture going, but after that, I’m having trouble keeping it at a stable temperature. My first batch I kept in the oven, at an ultra-low temperature, turning it off every so often and [...]
Also taggedI cleaned out my study today, and hell yes, it felt good. I can see my desk and it is much, much bigger than I remember. I recycled printouts and essays from my first semester of my Masters degree (that would be 2007), not to mention thousands of used envelopes with cryptic and archaic comments [...]
Also tagged knittingWhoa, sorry about that lengthy pause! M and I went to Tasmania! Whoo! I did a lot of this: Navigating and sock knitting are my two finest car-riding-in skills. And even though I took my handy-dandy little Eee PC and my wireless modem, there was’t enough signal coverage for me to blog as we went. [...]
Also taggedIt’s Saturday and I am surfing emotions like a discarded plastic bag threatening turtles in the sea of life. On one hand, I am attending an auction this morning: we have jumped through seemingly endless hoops in preparation, double-checking everything, arranging paperwork and generally trying to find time and strength to obey bureaucratic stipulations around [...]
Also taggedI am enjoying this post-Masters euphoria. It almost makes it worth all the grief leading up to the end worth it, because it is so fantastic when you stop. Mind you, that’s the same principle that fans of the asphyxi-wank apply, and that doesn’t always work out so well for them. My mind is fizzing [...]
Also tagged knittingI was walking at lunch yesterday to meet up with a friend, meeting her at a café around the corner. As I took a shortcut through a grove of golden autumn oak trees (honestly, this city has its pluses: there can’t be many cities that boast groves of golden autumn oak trees in the middle [...]
Also taggedToday is so autumnal it’s nearly clichéed. The sky is silver and white, with flashes of pewter for good measure. The lake is choppy and restless, and the trees are in the last throes of gold; there are parrots everywhere, crunching open seedpods and acorns and goodness knows what else. It’s very windy. It’s about [...]
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