Saturday afternoon at Anne’s, in a kitchen full of great cooking smells. We’re preparing Anne’s annual turkey feast for a horde: 16 and a half (Maddy, not quite 1 year old). The bird has been named “Jean-Claude” and is roasting happily in the oven. A wonderful squash soup has been prepared with much toil, sausages […]
Another Thursday, another week in Hartford winding to a close. A VERY busy weekend ahead, though since Monday’s a holiday I should have a chance to recover. Tomorrow morning the appraiser from TD is coming around to do an appraisal of the apartment. I have to be awake and functional at 7:45 am. Ugh. Tomorrow […]
I forgot to write a review of Me Me Me, by David Huggins. This was a strange mystery novel set in Hollywood, with the protagonist a young failing playwright, Ralph Tait, whose grandfather was a major movie star and whose family is still warped by the pressures of fame. When his grandfather disappears, Ralph seems […]
Happy Autumn! The leaves are starting to turn, and it was… 28 degrees yesterday. Nice weather for JUNE. Bizarre. Reminds me of the Simpsons’ newscaster Kent Brockman’s line about an unseasonable warm snap in the middle of winter (in the Mr. Plow episode): “Could this record-breaking heat wave be the result of the dreaded ‘Greenhouse […]