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Potpourri on Wednesday

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• And now it’s cold again. The wind kicked up last night and with it came a drop in the temperature. We’ll be in the thirties today and tomorrow. Another warm-up on the weekend, then back to cold, then a warm-up…you get the picture.

The slab of ice is shrinking a bit, though you would think after four days of unseasonably warm weather followed by lots of rain, that it would have disappeared. Nope. That’s how thick it is. I hacked at the edges of it yesterday afternoon, breaking up whatever I could, but the central part of the slab is still going strong. It’s not giving up easily. Will this be the “Winter of the Ice Slab?”

The sun just made an appearance. Huzzah!

• I’ve been watching Grace and Frankie (just a bit at a time, I like to extend the pleasure) and David Letterman’s interview with Barack Obama, both of which you can find on Netflix. It’s articulate and funny and serious and it makes me long for the days of a presidency that was reasoned and sane. (Side note: I haven’t been able to crack the Pete Souza book yet. It’s just too painful.)

I bought Fire and Fury  by Michael Wolff (about the Trump administration) when I was in the city and I’m just about ready to dig in.

• Observation: why are the nails on my right hand (I’m right-handed) longer than the nails on my left hand? Every nail on my left hand has broken recently, but not so for the right. Wouldn’t you think the hand I lead with would have the broken nails? Hmmm.

• I stocked up on groceries yesterday and grabbed some things for the apartment, as well. After spending a few days there, we realized that we didn’t have a vegetable brush, a dishwashing wand (the kind you fill with dish soap), a steamer – that sort of thing. Don doesn’t have time to hunt down these necessities as he’s in rehearsals all day long.

• While there, I noticed this in the dog toys section of the store:

As if I would let my beloved Lambchop be chewed up! I mean, really! I rescued her, brought her home, and she has joined her fellow Lambchops upstairs in the bedroom. They’re getting along famously.

• The newest season of Schitt’s Creek  starts tonight on Pop (a cable channel). I love that show.

• Oh, and I made Cloud Biscuits last night. Comfort food.

• Speaking of comfort food, last night Don said wistfully, “I wish I had more of your cookies.” He means the chocolate chip cookies I made last week. I can take a hint. More cookies on the way.

Happy Wednesday.

 

 

A Hurried Tuesday Post

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I’m writing this in a hurry! My host has been having server problems for the past three days, which leaves me unable to access the blog for hours at a time. They’re working on it, of course, but my patience is wearing thin. This is normally not a problem – my hosting service is pretty darned excellent. But if you have problems getting on the blog, that’s why. Hang in there! (I say this to myself, as well.)

The drive home from the city was very easy. I think my uneasiness about it was due to the fact that I hadn’t done it in a long while. It was a piece of cake. I made good time and was home by 11 am. It’s been raining heavily since yesterday afternoon, so I didn’t come home to sunny skies, but then again, it’s raining in the city as well.

I went back to The Sill on Sunday to buy another ZZ plant for my desk upstairs in the office. And then I saw this:

It’s a sansevieria (there are several different varieties.) I fell in love with the spiky cylindrical leaves. They aren’t flat like the sansevieria I have in the kitchen. They’re puffy cylinders and I’m fascinated by the way the new shoots grow. Don was equally fascinated so he got one for the apartment.

I’m waiting for a break in the rain to run to the grocery store. That’s my exciting agenda for the day. It’s good to be home but I’d like some sun, please!

Selfie in Central Park.

Happy Tuesday.

Sunday in New York

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A bit of everything from our day yesterday:

Times Square. It’s only a few blocks from the apartment. We considered going to the TKTS booth to get half-price matinee tickets for a show, but the listings didn’t perk our interest. We’ve already seen Anastasia. Sponge Bob Squarepants? No.

But this is why I made Don walk over this way:

Whoo hoo!

Escape to Margaritaville’s  neighbors: Hamilton!

And Scientology.

We journey back to the Upper West Side, where we walked around in Central Park on a day that almost fooled us into believing that Spring was here.

We had a vegan brunch at a great restaurant and we moseyed around the neighborhood, enjoying all the brownstones and shops and museums.

I’d heard of Book Culture but had not been there yet  – so happy we stumbled upon the shop. Fantastic book store.

We went back to The Sill so I could grab another ZZ plant for my office at home. Then we headed back to the apartment because we were tired and Don starts rehearsals this morning and I am headed back home.

It was a great weekend. Sad to say goodbye to my husband but I’ll be back soon.

Happy Monday.

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