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Thanks, I will! I am going to wear my toque!
Heard from a Texas friend this morning. She's stuck inside and about tired of it. She has a four wheel drive, but what folks in more temperate areas don't understand is that on ice and snow, all a 4WD does is allow you to get going fast enough to really cause problems when you realize (too late!) that 4WD doesn't mean extra braking power.
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I'm finally taking the plunge and canceling my landline. I really very rarely use it. Just going to rely on my cell phone from now on.
Go slow and brake carefully. I'm puttering through 3 inches of snow on top of a layer ice in a sedan without incident. Is it her first time driving a car?
I believe that. I used to do it, too, until I found pizza dough at Trader Joe's, and in frozen form at Corti Brothers, a grocery store in Sacramento that has roots in the Italian community.
Corti Brothers is also famous for its selection of wines. The owner, Darrell Corti, is one of the wine industry's premier distributors, and a heavy influencer of what sort of wines get made and sold. He's also the expert on olive oils, of which he stocks a generous selection at the store. If you're a foodie, his store is worth a visit.
In fact, I think I'll make some "pizza fritte" for lunch. That's simply dough squares fried in olive oil, a traditional comfort food in my family.
Or you could try to rescue it. There's a book that every cook should have, called How To Repair Food by John and Marina Bear (and, in its most recent publication, updated by their daughter). It tells you what to do when dishes don't come out the way you wanted, or if you need to substitute one ingredient for another, or how to cope with culinary disasters. All told with a great sense of humor, which alone is worth getting the book.
Are you typing as you drive?
Better put on a hat, too.
Fields of gold.
Thought of this photo of mine after listening to a version of Sting's "Fields of Gold," which in turn brought to mind a half-memory of a day long, long, ago when my father and I walked such a field of gold, probably barley, possibly wheat. He was a distant man, in personality and schedule, out of town five days a week, and usually reserved even on days he was home. This day he took me to these fields on the edge of town, and we walked through them, past plants I recall as being nearly as tall as my 4- or so- year-old self. I remember few other details, the sunshine and birds, white clouds under a blue sky, and of course the gold. And the joy of having him walking there beside me, available and protective, and the sensation of welcoming wonder at the world around me. I'd give almost anything to have those moments back, however briefly, the time when I knew everything was just as it should be.
Thought of this photo of mine after listening to a version of Sting's "Fields of Gold," which in turn brought to mind a half-memory of a day long, long, ago when my father and I walked such a field of gold, probably barley, possibly wheat. He was a distant man, in personality and schedule, out of town five days a week, and usually reserved even on days he was home. This day he took me to these fields on the edge of town, and we walked through them, past plants I recall as being nearly as tall as my 4- or so- year-old self. I remember few other details, the sunshine and birds, white clouds under a blue sky, and of course the gold. And the joy of having him walking there beside me, available and protective, and the sensation of welcoming wonder at the world around me. I'd give almost anything to have those moments back, however briefly, the time when I knew everything was just as it should be.
I think we got a little off topic.... But now i'm going to go watch an Elizabeth Taylor movie....
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Before today, I never heard of Heated Rivalry, but there were all kinds of posts about it in my Insta feed today
Was there a topic?
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First time on ice and snow, and she's 70.
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I got another menu for you guys. My cousin-once-removed from Alberta surprised us by showing up in Ontario this week. We're taking him out for lunch on Friday. Anything look good on this menu?
What were they removed from Alberta for?
I saw some pictures from the Toronto area. Holy moly. Things don't seem half bad here in comparison, though I've woken up to the snowplows and dump trucks a few times. The cul-de-sac is right in front of my building, where my wall of windows face, and of course that's where they pile up the snow all day and night.
I'm guessing they talked shit about the beef or the oil sands.
Meh. Pretty generic Italian. It's probably either all good or all terrible.
I only came here to whine about not knowing what to say.
The publicist wants to include a letter from me to readers in the "special VIP influencer packages" she's putting together for Days of Sun and Shadow. Writing that damn letter is proving to be almost as big a pain as writing a query letter. Well. Okay. Not that bad- but it's still an exercise in frustration. In addition to an ARC of the novel, the package will contain a feather, a stained glass-style feather bookmark, a little brass horse figurine, and maybe an enameled flowers pendant if she can source one similar to the necklace one character gives another in the novel.
Please murmur versions of "poor baby" and pass me the chocolate.
The publicist wants to include a letter from me to readers in the "special VIP influencer packages" she's putting together for Days of Sun and Shadow. Writing that damn letter is proving to be almost as big a pain as writing a query letter. Well. Okay. Not that bad- but it's still an exercise in frustration. In addition to an ARC of the novel, the package will contain a feather, a stained glass-style feather bookmark, a little brass horse figurine, and maybe an enameled flowers pendant if she can source one similar to the necklace one character gives another in the novel.
Please murmur versions of "poor baby" and pass me the chocolate.
