Friday Five: On Today’s “To Do” List

On today’s agenda: 1. Make two loaves of sourdough fermented bread — make, not bake, as this recipe requires another 24-36 hours in the fridge after the loaves have been formed into their brotfrom baskets and before they…

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Poetry Experiment Continued — With Apologies for Lab Failure by Management,

Just a quick NewsFlash! to say I’m still here, and now, so are your comments (back on this post) to which I hope to respond very soon. A bit of technical background first. I have…

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Announcing a Little (poetry) Project . . .

I’m having a crazy, lovely, busy day — lunch with two sisters, dinner tonight with a daughter, and then a friend messaged this morning suggesting a meet-up for coffee. In between, I ducked into the…

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What I Read Last Year, Where I’m Shelving My Books This Year….

Beginning to see the light at the end of this cough-filled tunnel. . . but until I’m back at full strength, I have books to keep me company. Here’s a teaser of how the nesting’s…

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Home before Home. . . On Ex-Pat Grandkids and Nursing Colds and French Detective Novels. . .

We’re back in Bordeaux after a busy week in Italy — a few days at our daughter’s home in a small town outside Rome, a few days in Florence, a day trip to Naples. I…

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