Love the early Sunday morning routines– especially when a pleasant steady rain is coming down, and you hear its sound against the hard and soft surfaces of the yard, sidewalk and street beyond– all sourced and falling from a cool light blue/gray sky. Occasional cars going by (so much less on the day before Monday). [...]
It’s worth describing how satisfying it feels to go into a spring Friday afternoon, hopping on the bike [yeah, okay, so I failed on my commitment to do the bike commuting to Brighton and then on to Dorchester... so this makes up for it!?] and taking an easy ride out the VFW parkway out to [...]
Man, how did I miss THIS one until now? Miss those days of consistent biking from Jamaica Plain to Brighton– though admittedly, that petered out during the second year. Have to get back into that… having the bike behind the desk at school, windows cracked open to let out some of that computer-heat from the [...]
I’m wondering if I should do one of those http://dooce.com/ threads now, where instead of writing about chuck the dog, or daily photos, I update about what I’ve got going on the grill.. yeah, I think that’s a good idea. So, the smell of my first whole roasted sweet potato (the sweetness), chicken thighs (nicely [...]
So my electric grill came yesterday, and I just finished putting the thing together– with only a minor wound from errantly squeezed pliers. Swept off the porch, plugged it in (what a concept!) and watched the thing heat up like no one’s business. Looking forward to the first food try this evening. The garbage people [...]
It makes you wonder when the impulse to cover and prevaricate develops.. Observing an early elementary classroom in South Boston this early afternoon, and watching one young white girl sit stock still, eyes widely-opened with upward gaze, and responding so innocently ‘no’ to the question if she had done something she shouldn’t have done. (Marvelously, [...]
How about that? I imagine an extra run on the KFC by the Jackson Mann… time to join ‘em! It might not lend itself to startling metaphors, but peoples gotta eat… http://www.unthinkfc.com/ Post note: Unsubstantiated reports of free-chicken-at-KFC riots in KY– http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30609401/?gt1=43001
It’s that much more satisfying to pick up Adam Gopnik’s Through The Children’s Gate when you’ve actually had the chance to walk through it, in good company, with its nondescript east side entrance to Central Park at Seventy-Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue, and its markings hidden (Gopnik is right!) by an oversized hotdog cart. A [...]
How nice was that, to break out of the pull of the overcast sky nap-inducing Sunday afternoon, and head out for a good brisk bike ride with A. and a few of her friends? Some misdirection through Dedham, and ended up somewhere among the huge homes and country club areas of Dover, but that’s always [...]
Dishwasher and an end to Sunday
Satisfying to start the morning with sounds of rain, and then to hear its bookended cousin (well, sort of) represented by the sounds of water running through the dishwasher. Is anyone else as bad as me about following through on invitations to have friends over for dinner? (c, this is your chance at a jab). [...]