Where have I been this week? Out to lunch in Old Town Alexandria, Aldi, the gym, the pool, a hanging in the community center, opening of the art exhibit that I helped hang, the farmers market - first time since December, the local bookstore, local cookware shop, into DC for a five mile walk around the cherry blossoms.
What have I been up to in the kitchen this week? Roast Sirloin of Pork with cipollini onions, mushrooms and roast potatoes, cheeseburgers and potato salad, chicken curry and rice, beef stir-fry with rice.
Who have I traded messages with this week? My dear sister, Spo, Sean, Linda from the arts group - I traded emails with Paula. Mitchell and Sassy. I traded messages with a reader in Greenwich. I talked to Jason, who was one of my shuttle bus buddies - he is still working at DoD - at least today,
When will things be normal again? A few years, be patient, we survived Reagan, Thatcher, Johnson, and two Bushes.
What have I bought this week? Wine, chips, veggies and shrimp at Aldi, broccoli, onions, rolls and pastries at the farmers market,
Why am I happy? It is spring, and I am leaving on vacation soon.
Yes four years to wait before, and an opportunity for the Dems to go further to the left. I will say though, #47makes the other evils rather benign.
ReplyDeleteWe will survive.
DeleteAlways a pleasure to exchange messages with you. You enrich my week. As for surviving this, you know how I feel. Not everyone will survive and this is unimaginably worse than those past horrors, who did permanent damage around the world. So excited for your vacation. (Is it still called vacation when you’re retired?)
ReplyDeleteA definite change from the routine.
DeleteReagan, Thatcher, Johnson, and two Bushes. That was a walk in the park compared to this bastard, and what he is doing and going to yet unleash.
ReplyDeleteThe first picture reminds me of a home here in Harrisburg.
The past was less in your face, but really deep and nasty. This bastard seems to enjoy making people angry.
DeleteYour kitchen creations sound delicious! My mom's potato salad was so good and like many women of that generation, she used a little bit of this and little bit of that and didn't write down a recipe.
ReplyDeletePotatoes, hard boiled eggs, celery, and onions, and then work from there.
DeleteThis new regime makes me long for the days of Reagan, Thatcher, Johnson, and two Bushes, but you're right: we will survive!
ReplyDeleteWe will, unless we surrender.
DeleteI love the cherry blossoms. I bet that walk was colorful.
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty, really the end of the bloom.
Delete"Why am I happy?" Today I am happy because Susan Crawford won in WI and Democrats won in the local elections of my city. Good news! And Cory Booker spoke so eloquently for so long! Good trouble!
ReplyDeleteThe pendulum will swing in the upcoming elections.
DeleteA five-mile walk among the cherry blossoms must have been breathtaking—those moments of natural beauty are always worth savoring. And your kitchen creations? Absolutely mouthwatering!
ReplyDeleteWith a vacation on the horizon and spring in full swing, it seems like things are falling into place for you. Enjoy every bit of it!
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