I went to a memorial service Monday for a woman who lived an amazing life and died at 103 years old. All by itself, that is astonishing. The memorial was lovely, the reception that followed was also very sweet, and I saw people that I haven’t seen for years. The event was being held in [...]
Sourdough pancakes my way
In the course of my sourdough education I’ve been told that you can use the sourdough starter straight up, without adding more flour and doing exciting things like waiting all night. But I had not actually read such a recipe till this week. I was looking for sourdough pumpkin pancake recipes and found a recipe [...]
Saints of September 16
I went to look up the saints for September 16 and oh, my! Some times when I do this the saints are obscure to me. Not so much this time. These were some amazing people. Start with Saint Cyprian of Carthage. He was a bishop in Carthage who survived the persecutions of Emperor Decius in [...]
No Messy Soup
A mysterious kitchen tool that I was given. The box says "terbuat dari bahan stainless steel". I believe it means "made from stainless steel" in Indonesian. I couldn't get a readable picture of the instructions so I have transcribed them. Multi-functionStainless Steel Pressure Surface MachineThank you very much for choosing our products to serve you [...]
Art and memory
Working in downtown Washington, DC, fifty years ago meant that at lunch I occasionally walked to the National Gallery of Art where at the time, the gallery showed films about various artists. One of the films was about Toulouse-Lautrec. I remember only that I liked him and was very surprised by his art. The Shy [...]