saturday sun
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gfrancieYesterday was "let's have plenty of energy". I vacuumed, took care of dishes, tidied all kinds of things and so on. Did an early morning grocery shop. Later in the afternoon I took Senor Onion to the Farmer's Market and we bought some fun things and came home for tea and scones. I made a custard base for some ice cream I am making today and then I took some pea shoots I bought and make a pea shoot pesto. Senor Onion found it to be a nice little dip with crackers. He is cheap for pesto of any kind. I wasn't wowed. I will be writing more about that later on ye olde food blog. Still maybe it is better with something with more oomph like meat. Or used as a marinade? I don't know.
I am going to take the rhubarb and make a sorbet with it.... I think. Mr. Jenner is nearly out of lemon sorbet and well we can't have the man lacking. So the ice cream machine will get a bit of a work out this weekend.
I just finished reading this Mary Wesley book that my friend Sarah sent me. It was The Camomile Lawn. It was terrific. Repressed British people having plenty of sex during the war in a non-judgmental fashion. It was sad in some ways but rather smart. As I told S. It helps I think that Wesley didn't take up writing until she was in her 70s, so there was kind of a... sympathetic view of humans. That wisdom with age and experience that doesn't play out human beings as awful awful people, but slightly fragile, sometimes selfish but in the end confused creatures who muddle through as best they can. Plus hey, plenty of sex. Boy what a randy bunch these people are. I ended up watching the mini-series that was adapted from the book. It had a lot of actors who were just starting out. (Toby Stephens, Jennifer Ehle, Tara Fitzgerald & Rebecca Hall) It wasn't bad but in some ways you could see how some were still holding onto their drama school learning and hadn't quite gotten the courage to abandon some of that for their own instincts. Plus there is a fair amount of full-frontal nudity. So if you ever wanted to see Elizabeth Bennet's breasts, here is your big chance. (and for the girls, there is Toby Stephens' backside.)
I am now reading a Calvin Trillin book. I have read plenty of his stuff in the New Yorker and in other publications over the years but I must admit I have never read his books. I know I know...call myself a fine appreciator of food writing and I haven't read his books. I won't judge your shoes and you won't judge my reading. So far I am enjoying it. He is a guy who likes to eat so he is all right with me.
Okay, now it is time for family swim. I tried on my bathing suit to make sure it still fits (it is always a game of chance each time I put it on) and while it still does fit, getting in and out required a great deal of energy. It was sad. "I got in and out of it -I think that counts as my exercise for the day...*huff huff*"
I am going to take the rhubarb and make a sorbet with it.... I think. Mr. Jenner is nearly out of lemon sorbet and well we can't have the man lacking. So the ice cream machine will get a bit of a work out this weekend.
I just finished reading this Mary Wesley book that my friend Sarah sent me. It was The Camomile Lawn. It was terrific. Repressed British people having plenty of sex during the war in a non-judgmental fashion. It was sad in some ways but rather smart. As I told S. It helps I think that Wesley didn't take up writing until she was in her 70s, so there was kind of a... sympathetic view of humans. That wisdom with age and experience that doesn't play out human beings as awful awful people, but slightly fragile, sometimes selfish but in the end confused creatures who muddle through as best they can. Plus hey, plenty of sex. Boy what a randy bunch these people are. I ended up watching the mini-series that was adapted from the book. It had a lot of actors who were just starting out. (Toby Stephens, Jennifer Ehle, Tara Fitzgerald & Rebecca Hall) It wasn't bad but in some ways you could see how some were still holding onto their drama school learning and hadn't quite gotten the courage to abandon some of that for their own instincts. Plus there is a fair amount of full-frontal nudity. So if you ever wanted to see Elizabeth Bennet's breasts, here is your big chance. (and for the girls, there is Toby Stephens' backside.)
I am now reading a Calvin Trillin book. I have read plenty of his stuff in the New Yorker and in other publications over the years but I must admit I have never read his books. I know I know...call myself a fine appreciator of food writing and I haven't read his books. I won't judge your shoes and you won't judge my reading. So far I am enjoying it. He is a guy who likes to eat so he is all right with me.
Okay, now it is time for family swim. I tried on my bathing suit to make sure it still fits (it is always a game of chance each time I put it on) and while it still does fit, getting in and out required a great deal of energy. It was sad. "I got in and out of it -I think that counts as my exercise for the day...*huff huff*"
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Date: 2009-05-23 04:44 pm (UTC)I should save this for
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Date: 2009-05-23 07:43 pm (UTC)At least the kid likes it with crackers. I think it might be good with steak or chicken.
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Date: 2009-05-23 07:40 pm (UTC)I am master of laundry though. I can laundry like nobody's business.
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Date: 2009-05-24 12:30 am (UTC)And I'm also jealous of Alice and his daughters. She had a good husband and wonderful family man there.
I haven't read his fiction yet, but I've heard it's really good.