08.24.08
Running in the rain
My path:
This is the Arch of Arachne, aka The tunnel where you have to employ preemptive spiderweb swimming. Unless you like cobwebs across your face.
The rain I don’t mind. It fell on me and I caught it in my open eyes.
09.29.07
I drown it in soup
A warm, savory soup has never been so welcome! Still under the weather, with a nip in the air and rain on its way, I enjoyed a bowl of B’s pumpkin soup for dinner tonight. (Getting the kids to appreciate the sweet-savory subtleties of squash soup is another story…)
Here’s his slap-dash recipe:
1 butternut squash
2 pie pumpkins
1 32-oz box of vegetable broth
1 32-oz box of chicken broth (use only 3/4 of the box)
4 Tbsp butter
1 c. milk
2 cloves minced garlic
3 tsp.salt
dash pepper
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Cut squash into pieces, scoop out seeds, trim rind off, and microwave until tender (about 10 min for each squash).
Pop them in the blender along with some vegetable/chicken broth (do this in several batches). Pour the puree into a stockpot and add the rest of the broth and the remaining ingredients. Simmer for an hour on very low heat.
We had crunchy garlic bread with ours; I think some cold apple cider would be great with it too.
Eagle Harbor Bookstore
Glowing, warm, clean and full, the kind of place to chat and browse and learn something new in a cozy corner, immersed in a really good book. The kind of place every bookstore should be, but is not–and that’s the magic of Eagle Harbor Bookstore, one of my favorite places to be on a wet, gray day.
Latest purchase:
A Thousand Splendid Suns (because the library’s copies were waitlisted for like 5 years out).
09.18.07
I fight it with fire
Now that the weather has turned unmistakably toward autumn, with the famous drizzle and gray, a kind of somber and reflective mood takes root. Which is very nice in its way, but it can get to be too much of a good thing. Having been well-warned against the dark and depressing days of fall/winter in the Northwest, I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve.
A form of task lighting: a candle on the table at dinner, even a tiny votive, makes everything seem warmer.
Even better: sitting in front of the fireplace in the evening.
