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Seize the Day
Last night, my parents treated me to a Broadway ticket to see Newsies with them and my sister, and I am so grateful to them, because the best I can do to describe how it was is to say, wow ( Read more... ) -
In which my printer deprives me of sleep
So I decided it was time to print another draft of novel, in order to revise by hand on the printed copy. This is a good thing. This means I am ready (or nearly ready) to actually make changes rather than just planning out what changes to make ( Read more... ) -
Plotting in my dreams
So I had a dream involving things like a Tardis, and traveling back and forth between two times in the same huge, complicated, hotel-like building. There was this other character I was working with, and I was pretty sure she'd end up taking a lead role, and, while dreaming, I found myself thinking that there should be tension between us before I ( Read more... ) -
D'var Torah for Parshat Titzaveh
This is, more or less, the d'var Torah I gave at Hadar this past Shabbat. I say more or less because I was still revising it after Shabbat started, which is to say that the last set of revisions never made it onto the physical page, so there are probably a few lines that came out a bit differently.
This is also the first time I've given a d'var ( Read more... ) -
So I wrote a children's story...
As we inch closer to November, I've been spending a lot of my writing time focused on getting the next story idea ready to be turned into a novel during Nanowrimo. Sometimes, this happens naturally, and I get hooked on an idea and keep developing it in my head. Other times, I have to actively work at it. This year is one of those other times ( Read more... ) -
CSA #6: the share that died too quickly, and what I got in #7
Share #6 had some good things in it. Unfortunately, a number of them went bad much more quickly than I expected them to.
Here's what happened to Share #6:
The chard got used last night as a bed of greens under poached eggs. I sauteed it with garlic.
The ears of corn got used for a small Shabbat dinner a week and a half ago. Not all of them got ( Read more... ) -
CSA #6: The share that survived Irene
So it turns out the farm out produce comes from took a hit from Irene. It did some damage. This week's share looks pretty normal, but we'll see what happens in future weeks.
As for last week's share (my part of it), I think I actually managed to eat the entire thing, a first for me. (Well, unless you count the last two carrot sticks/part of an ear ( Read more... ) -
The earth moved
At the moment, most people in NYC are either freaking out over Hurricane Irene, or laughing at the people who are freaking out over Hurricane Irene. This makes Tuesday's earthquake old news, but I'm going to post about it anyway.
See, I'd never felt an earthquake before Tuesday.
Here in New York, it was a small, subtle earthquake. I wouldn't have ( Read more... ) -
CSA #5, and how I fared with #4
So, as you some of you know, I'm in Gaithersburg, MD at the moment on vacation. A good friend picked up Share #5 for me, and we will be splittng it.
Here's what's in the share:
- 2 ears of corn
- 3 mini peppers
- some cherry tomatoes
- 3 tomatoes
- 1 large zucchini
- 1 medium cucumber
- some basil
- 1 head of lettuce
- 2 small eggplants
- 2 carrots
I will ( Read more... ) -
Share #4, and how I actually finished off most of Share #3
Here's what happened to the rest of last week's share:
Basil: most of it didn't get used before it started to go, but some of it was drying out, so I now have a little container of dried basil leaves. Any suggestions for dried basil?
Dill: went bad before I could use it, but there was very little of it to begin with.
Corn: all got eaten; all got ( Read more... )