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Still winter
Saturday morning Mark and I walked downtown to go to the indoor farmers market. Because we were out before 9:00 AM on a Saturday, we got to see a wonderful example of our drinking culture here in WI –...
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Chicago trip to deliver students…
… to O’Hare. Our AFS student signed up for a trip to California, and was required by the travel service to fly out of O’Hare, so rather than getting up at 3:00 AM to get her to the airport in time for...
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Mother’s day
Breaking with a long time tradition, this year for Mother’s Day I did a High Tea, instead of brunch. In 2008, not sure which kids were around, but I made brunch. John & Al were in Milwaukee then,...
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My Sunday in pictures
Big batch of waffles – John & Megan, Hannah & Corey, me & Rach all here for Sunday brekkie Went for a pedi Recorded a lecture for class Part two Made creamy rice pudding
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Oh, Sunday
Leek tart I made leek tart for brunch today – more or less this Molly Wizenberg recipe; I, as always, used my own pie dough recipe: For single crust: 1 1/2 cups flour pinch salt (or use salted...
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Had to be done
So this morning we slept in. It’s still black dark at 7:00 AM – can’t wait for daylight savings to end, but I guess it’s only another week. I thought I’d be able to get a little work in before...
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New year’s brunch – just us
We had a quiet New Year’s Eve – dinner at Lombardino’s and then went to see Big Eyes. I liked it a lot – and, of course I’m the right age to remember when those big eye kid posters were EVERYWHERE –...
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It’s been a long, cold, week
Culminating in my mother’s and Eustace Tilley’s 90th birthdays. Eustace, the fictional dandy who was on the first New Yorker magazine cover, and my mom both arrived around February 22, 1925. It used...
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The Monday after Mothers Day
Almond cake with sticks of rhubarb on top I ate that last piece of leftover bacon and single slice of pizza before I walked to the movie I had a pretty good Mother’s Day. The only one of my kids who...
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Back in Madison, but still California Dreamin’
John sent me this New Yorker cartoon this morning, and it’s pretty much how I feel – I may be back at work but I’m still thinking about California vacation, and the final Dead shows. Today’s Daily...
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Another Sunday’s cooking
Pause Play Play Prev | Next I’m having a bit of trouble getting portfolio slideshow to display my picture captions – but I bet I can get it worked out, eventually. I made leek & ham tart for...
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TIFF 2015 – Saturday
Saturday was a little different because we had an early movie, The Man Who Knew Infinity, with Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons playing early 20th century mathematicians, Srinivasa Ramanujan and G.H. Hardy....
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