Oh baby it's cold outside! How cold is it? It's so cold that my freezer is warmer than the outdoors. Currently it's -7F/-22C and that's several degrees warmer than it was just a few hours ago. The polar vortex will be hanging around for only a few days, and I get to miss most of …
Poof!
My two-week vacation serenity evaporated within a few hours of returning to work on Monday. Poof! I was only away three extra days than everyone else—the library was closed for all the other days—but yet I still had a pile of things to sort through on my return. I am the only one in my …
New Year, Sort Of
Here we are, several days into 2025. I hope everyone is doing well. There are so many new year opportunities that the calendar new year is kind of anti-climactic for me. When I was a kid it was great. My family would stay up until midnight to watch the ball drop on TV. We’d get …
500 Kilometers
It’s been an uneventful week of vacation with one more week to go. Two weeks of vacation in winter is so different from vacation in summer. In summer I’m out in the garden every morning before 7 and don’t come indoors for three or four hours. In winter, I have nothing to do in the …
Winter Solstice
I hope everyone who celebrates Winter Solstice had a beautiful day! As for James and I, it couldn’t have been more perfect. As some of you may know, James does all the cooking year-round except for the Winter Solstice when I take over and plan a sometimes rather elaborate meal. This tradition came about because …
