Happy Friday
My wife has been busy this spring and it is really paying off, this is a bloom from the planter box near the entry to our apartment. She knows the names of them all the plants, I do not. I do know that Juncos eat the seeds from the feeders, the pigeons eat the bigger seeds the Juncos spill on the ground, and the crows chase the pigeons away just because they can.
I hope everyone had a nice 4th of July, I usually avoid it like the plague. Too much flag waving:
Off goes the head of the king, and tyranny gives way to freedom. The change seems abysmal. Then, bit by bit, the face of freedom hardens, and by and by it is the old face of tyranny. Then another cycle, and another. But under the play of all these opposites there is something fundamental and permanent — the basic delusion that men may be governed and yet be free.
Preface to the first edition of The American Credo : A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind (1920) H. L. Mencken
And I knew, too, that to live a life like Walter Cole’s—a life almost mundane in the pleasure it derived from small happinesses and the beauty of the familiar, but uncommon in the value it attached to them—was something to be envied.
John Connolly-Every Dead Thing-Charlie Parker Series #1
India took home the trophy for the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup on Saturday, in a nail biter of a match against South Africa. The following clip is one of the finest displays of athleticism and situational awareness I have seen in a long time. I make no claims as to the legality of the play, it is the subject of much heated discussion in comments I have seen. Legal or no it is inspiring to watch. As of Monday morning the team was still in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl.
These are individual breakfast casseroles based on a recipe from the website Amy Bakes Bread called Sourdough Breakfast Casserole. Which I saved to my Paprika App, and scaled to fit these two mini casserole dishes. I bake a loaf of sourdough once a week or so. It is just
and I so we often have extra bread to do something with. I used bacon ends and pieces instead of the sausage, and soy milk instead of whole milk. Someone in our house is lactose intolerant, however parmesan is one of her favorites. She picks her battles so we kept the cheese. Think of it as a savory bread pudding.To learn all you need to know about the heartbreak of nickels, here is an excellent source:
When you finish that, Ice-Creaming in Idyllwild is well worth reading also.
My nickels came in a snappy pleather folder and there they will stay until I figure out what to do with them. Except for the 1943, that is going to be my version of a thirty day chip. I am carrying it with me now. When this posts it I will be 41 days sober.
You should also read I'm done with the Concerto.
Today would have been my mom’s 95th birthday. Happy Birthday Mom.
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