Finished reading Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift, a post-COVID “everybody in the world but the protagonist dies from a plague” story. I have mixed feelings about this one: It wasn’t what I expected, the protagonist did not start out at all sympathetic, and there were some gruesome descriptions of the recently-dead. That said, it was compelling, I found myself rooting for the protagonist by the end, and the end itself was satisfying.
Finished reading The Elusive Shift by Jon Peterson, about how a wargame hack (D&D) came to be understood as a “role-playing game”, and what that meant to early players and theorists. I can’t recommend this book to you; only you know if you would find this interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed it, of course.
Had family over yesterday for a picnic gathering. It was so nice.
Fuzzy-headed and slow today after the second dose, as I expected. Feeling a little better this evening, though I’ve got the hint of a very mild headache.
Tonight’s kitchen victory: lapin à la bourguignonne (rabbit Burgundy), two loaves of country bread with Breton butter, and choux à la crème (cream puffs).
Tonight’s kitchen failure: While steaming potatoes, I let the water boil away, and scorched the pot (incidentally ruining the potatoes).
We saw the fledgling robin stumbling around in the front yard a couple days ago. No sign since.
Finished rereading Master & Commander by Patrick O’Brian. It’s a little longer than most of the other 19 (!) books in the series, a little less tightly-focused, but still very enjoyable.
This afternoon on our way to Tom and Mari’s, we saw a red-tailed hawk carrying an unidentifiable animal part, and an osprey carrying a fish.