Thursday, 7 May 2026
Strawberries verge on the sacred around here. This is the sixth one I ate from today’s supermarket specimens. The interesting thing is the first five had little strawberry flavor (as is typical), but this one had enough that I could almost imagine it approached being sun-ripened.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
I’m convinced that I met the Guru because of Ted’s choice to become a media guy. Of course, it wasn’t that simple! RIP, Ted.
I asked the Guru to create an image that portrays the intersection of his design work and Ted’s stations. There’re interesting visual tidbits.
Monday, 4 May 2026
Detroit style is what? Extra oily? Dunno. Is there Grand Rapids style, too?
Sunday, 3 May 2026
This woody shrub has been a problem for nearly a decade. I did a temporarily expedient thing several times, chopping off the branches. This left the roots to persist and flourish. More and more each time, each year.
Today, I took the mattock and set about Final Removal. I worked around the sides, made a root-removal donut. It took a while. Then, I worried about a tap root; they can be the largest. But. But, I discovered that there was no taproot, and voila, the whole thing came up. Whew. You’re looking at the bottom—see, it’s flat—no taproot. Lucky me.
Later this week: cleanup and planting!
Saturday, 2 May 2026
Just to the right of center, that lumpy shape: a backyard bunbun. I tried to con it into munching down on the remnants of PI, but: no evidence it took my suggestion. Yet….
Friday, 1 May 2026
Tada. It’s May. That means we’ve begun the countdown to leaving to head north. Wooopeee.
And that means I’ve begun to amass necessities and other miscellaney that we take with us rather than buying up there. Specialty items, you might call them—flavors that aren’t for sale in Newberry or Manistique or even at Meijer further away.
BTW, that BBQ sauce is too sweet for me, but mixed about 50-50 with a sauce we can get up there, which is too vinegar-sharp: near perfection. Further BTW, I also make a fine BBQ sauce from scratch….
