We were on time for our breakfast break, despite the marathon passing by the front door. Until you look at the area from the viewpoint of those about to go up yet another long hill, the idea that this area is free of summits seems reasonable. I wish I could ignore gravity.
posted in economy, environment, food | Comments Off on Watching some valiant hill climbing | 254 words
Not a witness, but some of the neighbours reported snow flurries this afternoon. Let the record show; season come with blurred edges. I mean, I was suspicious, when the dog and I did our deck check sometime before dawn. It was nippy. The moisture seemed to have texture.
posted in food, Wx | Comments Off on June flurries | 258 words
Good neighbours “keep an eye on things”. So do nosy neighbours. By logical extension, good and nosy are much the same thing, I guess. I have a hard time sorting it out, while falling into the same mudhole. There’s this field, just next door. Fascinating field for someone that spent most of his productive years in the city (where fields are there only to keep the soccer crazies contained).
posted in environment, food | Comments Off on Time to be productive | 258 words
Summer. Is it the sand in your shoes, as you wander the beach? Or the uptick in license plates from the mainland? Perhaps, and this is just my own experience, it’s the food. You see, this is a place where the number of restaurants that are open in directly related to the temperature in the shade. At the first hint of snow, a number of places put the shutters on the windows, clear the patio and then head off to a well-deserved vacation. Leaving the rest of us to forage for ourselves, generally in our kitchens.
posted in food | Comments Off on First fish of the season | 265 words
Facing a monotonous menu for the next day or so, I realize that the picture on the package should not be used as a guide to taste. I’m into an oversize lasagna; the kind you purchase to feed a family of four. I figured “What the hey?” One person over four meals is just like a family of four doing things once, right?
posted in food, humour | Comments Off on How to get past a monotonous menu | 259 words
A long weekend, with no place to go. A small clarification, no way to go any place. I’m not going to be out in the markets, or the malls, or any other place frequented by strangers. So, if you thought you saw me – your bad.
posted in food | Comments Off on Fair freezer fare | 268 words
I’ve found a new world of mysteries: analog synthesizers. I’ve watched a lot of videos, read a lot of technical comparisons, tried to imagine what on earth the folks on Gearslutz are going on about. No closer to understanding. Maybe I really need a new interest; perhaps brewing teas. Can’t be any more esoteric (can it?).
posted in environment, food | Comments Off on Milk on hand and deeper wells | 261 words
I’m all for giving a place in government to the “common man”. But, in the case of a certain US congressman, sitting on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee… nope. Rising sea levels are NOT due to rocks falling in the water. Back to basics for you. I may not have great depth in scientific knowledge, but I’m able to sort the stupid out from the unproven. The same goes for those who believe the earth to be flat.
posted in food | Comments Off on Science, not fantasy | 255 words
Deadlines are wonderful for getting things done. Received an email mentioning our community group meeting in two days time; wait, I still have to prepare the minutes from the last two meetings! A push, subtle in tone but efficient in getting my creative juices flowing. Fast forward to the end of the afternoon, and I’m all caught up (until later this week).
posted in economy, food | Comments Off on But is it local? | 262 words
Someone pointed out the ad, on a realtor’s page. For the asking price of a half-million, you can be the owner of a small restaurant in a small village. The location, on the only highway passing through, is easy to find (even in a raging snowstorm). The menu is popular. But then another question moves to the front of my mind.
posted in economy, food | Comments Off on Can I buy the reputation, at that price? | 257 words
