Musings

It’s not tryptophan. I’m just yawning because….

Um…that’s what I do?

It’s late me-time?

Something….

* Happy Gobble-gobble! (With thanks for the phraseological inspiration to KW….)

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I bypassed the Bee-ess display at TJs—we’ll get a fresh stalk later….

As I was walking to the library, enjoying the temperate weather and warm sunshine and not paying much attention, I realized a car that I was only vaguely aware of going down the street…changed. As in: got noisier. Did a wheel bearing just go, I wondered?

Then, the car kept going and the noise didn’t follow it. I looked around. Aha. The wheel bearing noise was a kid on a skateboard.

Crisis averted.

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Last night we sampled the sweet basil (a few black spots, but good flavor), and tonight we’re having the Thai version—as an addition to some, ahem, (helpfully prepped) Thai food (from TJs).

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Every once in a great while I enjoy a pancake sandwich for dinner. A fried egg with a fresh hot ww pancake on either side, plus real maple syrup. Times two. Oh, yum.

Very happy palate. (Let’s not discuss the waistline.)

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Nestled in the cooler with ice water….

New household favorite white, courtesy TJs, from Spain, and gently bubbly: Albero is the name. Enjoy like a fine-tuned vinho verde, more toward the prosecco portion of the taste spectrum than the champagne zone. Tastier than most in this price range.

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I’m loving the huge harvest of golden pear tomatoes festooning the front yard (where the sun is), but I’m not keeping up with the volume that the wild volunteer plants are producing—the last production push before frost arrives.

Tonight, for example, I didn’t help the harvest situation, as I picked Thai basil not tomato-lets.

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Thanks, new iPhone cam.

We did the unusual today—we went out to lunch.

First, though, we visited a Buckhead art gallery to see Diane’s photographs. I love her images, and these were all landscapes, and gorgeous.

Then, since we were in la-di-da Buckhead, where we almost never hang out, and fine restaurants abound there, we picked one on a side street at random and were quickly seated. This was the view from the window next to our table, and I’m not sure why the arrangement/color of the vehicles caught my eye. But what made me want to photograph it was the linear greyscale visuals across space in the midst of the cars….

Meanwhile, I ordered the soup of the day, which was a pureed roasted beet soup. A pleasure.

And, as you might imagine, not grey at all.

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The weather is definitely autumnal, but our garden-let managed to hold on, producing many yellow pear-tomatoes, so many that they’re rotting on the vine (sad), and this near-perfect green pepper.

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Yeah, I’m still on the coffee.

So, household bills are up, as coffee costs more per cup than even the mildly fancy green tea that I also enjoy.

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Every once in a while you need to try something creative you’ve never tried before—but it doesn’t have to be a big something.

Today, I made five-spice powder. Actually, I only ground the star anise and fennel seeds. The others were already powder that I could just stir in.

Still, it should be five-space powder, I think, as in five spaces* in your kitchen—or more!—will get powdered in your grinding and mixing activities.

* In my case, two counters (all I have), the floor, the table, and my hands. Plus, a mortar and pestle (also producing one palm blister), the food processor, another bowl, the fine-mesh strainer…see, it mounts up!

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