I made two recipes today that both used canned pineapple. That doesn’t sound all that good, but both were exceptionally tasty. One was a rice salad and the other was a maple and molasses-sweetened pineapple upside-down cake. Here are the recipes. Let me know if you try these. I think you’ll like them. California Rice…
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Gravity: The Film
Well, I am not going to be among those who shower lots of praise on the film, Gravity. While I thought it was very well-acted, I can’t say that it was a great movie. I wanted more exploration of the two (only) characters so that I could care more about them and their fate. As…
Grandma and Baby Luna: Having Fun Tonight
Tonight, I babysat baby Luna while her parents went off on a date night, their first since her birth not counting the other time I babysat while they went to a party. This time, it was to the movies. The first movie they’ve seen in a theater since this baby was born. Luna was a…
The Beauty of Open Spaces
I am sitting with my student and we are doing a quick-write. I have just returned from Texas – I mean I drove in from Texas exactly two hours ago. We drove from 4 am (Central time) yesterday morning until 8 pm Pacific time (which is 10 Central time) last night, which translate into 1100…
Church, Emotion and Ray
Today, Ray and I went to St. Stephen’s Episcopal church here in Sherman. Normally, I play hookie from church when I’m in Texas since being here feels like vacation, but Ray had other plans for today. He had struck up a conversation with Carol and David Griffith, a couple we have recently gotten to know…
Our 2nd Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale in Texas
We got up early this morning (before 6) to set up for our garage sale here in Texas. I had gone to bed around midnight the night before, and then here we were getting up at what felt to me like the dead middle of the night. Still, I struggled forth and our garage sale…
Our Fall Mini-Garden
Yesterday, I went out and bought plants for our fall garden. Here were the offerings at Anawalt Lumber in West Hollywood: These are the plants I picked, which include cilantro, two types of parsley, basil, two types of kale, Romaine lettuce, and red onions. (I could be forgetting a plant or two…) Here is the postage-stamp…
One Long Day
I have had one heck of a day. 6:45 – outside conferring with Gregorio, the man who works with Ray in the landscape design business. 8 am – off to buy vegetables to plant in our little backyard garden plot. 8:30 – Home to edit an essay for a student who is applying to be…
Tonight and Today
I am sitting in a very quiet house with William, the cat. Rachael, who is now living in Texas, has her friend, Natasha, from LA visiting her there. Ron and Liz are off on their cross-country trek; Sarah, Gregorio and Luna are snug in their beds in Pasadena; and Ray and our dogs, Cordelia and…
The Joy of Family and Making New Friends
Today, Sarah and Luna visited and we went to the 3rd Street Farmer’s Market with my brother-in-law, Ray Agutter, who is visiting from Salt Lake City. Ray was my sister Leslie’s husband and is the father of my beloved niece, Kevin, and my nephew, Jim. Ray is also a gregarious character and loves to chat…
20 Minutes a Day 