I’m a hit-and-miss sort of cook. Things don’t always turn out as planned. Often, if I want to be honest. But most of the time, at least the results taste good.
I imagine part of it is that I sometimes take liberties with recipes. Sometimes the liberties are taken when I’ve made the recipe once or [...]
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It has been months since I have stepped through an office building door, preparing for work.
Today, just like the first day of school of yesteryear, I shall get dressed in my next-best duds, or not quite the interview outfit, and nervously cross the threshold. Fill out my paper work, learn idiosyncrasies and slide back into [...]
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It’s hot and sticky as I type this. I’m used to the Valley heat, even as I’m incredibly tired of it. It doesn’t get unbearable until later in the day, and then there’s always the promise of the cool delta breeze, which is different from where I had been living. It never got that cool [...]
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Tonight, the annual Perseid meteor shower is peaking. I stood outside long enough to observe three beautiful, long-lasting streaks in the sky. I have a bad headache working, so that sent me back in pretty early, combined with the promise of being on the eastern side of the Sierra soon, where there’ll be less light [...]
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