Blurt!Sben

Spring cleaning with Meghan in the bedroom.

Aug. 12, 2019, 10:03pm

Accompanied Mom to her first cataract surgery. I may have been more anxious than she was.

Aug. 12, 2019, 10:01pm

Last night’s kitchen victory: the dude and I churned the blueberry gelato.

Aug. 9, 2019, 7:22am

The dude and I made gelato base and blueberry purée tonight.

Aug. 6, 2019, 8:08pm

The family came downtown for lunch. We ate at Tat’s.

Aug. 6, 2019, 6:12pm

Now reading Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright.

Aug. 6, 2019, 7:09am

Tonight’s kitchen victory: salade Niçoise, a royal pain in the ass but so good.

Aug. 4, 2019, 7:36pm

Walked to U Village this afternoon (2h15m). (Actually to Zoka, but same thing.)

Aug. 3, 2019, 8:48pm

Meghan dealt with the handyman contractor this week to install a screen door for our patio door. It is so great.

Aug. 2, 2019, 8:15pm

The bambina has gone to a “hiking and berry picking” class all week. Tonight we had some of her raspberries in a green salad with a red wine / apple cider vinaigrette.

Aug. 2, 2019, 8:13pm

Not sure what to read next: There’s new Neal Stephenson, and Empress of Forever briefly touched its hat to Gene Wolfe, but I’m not sure I want either the commitment or to read another old white dude right now, but I also don’t have anything else lined up.

Jul. 30, 2019, 7:10am

the Bambina: [stretching for a thing she dropped]

me: Do you want a hand?

the Bambina [picking it up]: No thanks. I’m a strong, independent woman.

Jul. 28, 2019, 5:24pm (edited)

This afternoon’s kitchen victory: smoking bacon with Amy and Dave and Meghan.

Jul. 28, 2019, 5:21pm

Went to Mom’s with the family for strawberry shortcake.

Jul. 27, 2019, 5:46pm

Empress of Forever was really good. It took a left turn at chapter 3, then fell into a structure so superficially standard that I didn’t notice the very interesting thing Gladstone was doing until about halfway through. Another book I’ll be thinking about in the next weeks.

Jul. 26, 2019, 10:32pm