The last amaryllis
The last of my amaryllises is opening. This is Candy Floss; I like it a lot.
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My heart hurts for this country
I have West Wing going in the background a lot of the time while I’m watering the plants, doing laundry, etc. I find it comforting. But I happen to be at the point where Republican Vinick is running for president, and he is honest and principled and answers every question put to him, thinking as
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Curry sauces at Whole Foods
Wandering through Whole Foods a few nights ago, I couldn’t resist pausing and taking some photos of the curry sauces on offer. Wouldn’t it be lovely to have some Serendib Kitchen sauces on offer? A girl can dream… Maybe it’ll be Kavi who does it — Maya Kaimal’s website says, “Raised in Boston by a
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Giveaway: Rank your three favorite cuisines
GIVEAWAY! 9 DAYS TO LAUNCH, and we’re launching daily giveaways for these two weeks! Congratulations to the winners, Chris Waterous, Rob Gates, and Katy Kelsey Morgan! Yesterday’s question told us that many people first learned how to cook a) cookies or b) eggies. 🙂 ***** Today’s question for the comments: Rank your three absolute favorite cuisines, favorite first. Go!
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Small comforts
Woke up v. sore this morning from yesterday’s fall on the concrete stairs, ow. Also cranky from not sleeping well (for no good reason). And then I remembered we were out of my standard coffee (I like Tayst’s Medium Heroic compostable pods, both for flavor and for the planet — and the name pleases me
Last day for the GoodReads Giveaway
Hey, folks — it’s the LAST DAY for the GoodReads giveaway! Eep. Please like / comments / share — and of course, if you’re in the U.S., enter! We’re giving away 5 gorgeous hardcovers, $40 value each! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/303738-a-feast-of-serendib
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Futurist conference postponed until fall
Unfortunately, the international futurist conference (U+, Plurality University, along with the Many Worlds Festival) I was planning to attend in Amsterdam in April (funded, sigh) has been postponed to the fall, due to the coronavirus crisis; many attendees from Asia have had to cancel, due to travel restrictions. Very tough for the conference organizers. 🙁
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Vote your heart in the primaries, folks
Early voting is opening here in Illinois, and in many other states — this is a reminder to vote your heart in the primaries, folks. Strategic voting in the general is a question for another day. I’ll be voting for Warren; I have the most confidence that she’ll be able to accomplish the things she’s
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Making a little magic
Sometimes projects take a long, long time to come to fruition. Ten years ago, we bought this house, and in the process of renovation, cut down some trees. I salvaged the top of one, spray-painted it silver, wrapped it in string lights, and put it in our bedroom. There it sat, and for a while,
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A slew of publicity stuff
I woke up utterly panicked that I couldn’t possibly make it to a launch event in D.C. that I’d scheduled for 5 p.m., given that it was already 5:15 p.m., and nobody would come anyway, because I’d somehow scheduled it right against the main awards event for the SF convention I was attending in D.C.
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