Back to primary caregiving
Mama and I have both been sick with a severe cold for about two weeks now. There’s a nasty bug going around that can develop into pneumonia, as mine did […]
Ginger chicken congee
We’re likely late to the party here, but we’ve just learned about congee (also called jook). It’s a thick rice porridge dish popular in many Asian countries. There seem to […]
Mama’s pastrami craving
Today I satisfied Mama‘s literary-induced pastrami craving. In a book she was reading, a character described a pastrami sandwich that was inches thick and loaded down with all the fixings […]
Walking between raindrops
This afternoon there was a break in the rainstorms so Mama, Paisley and I bundled up and went for a short walk in our neighborhood. The downpour has been relentless […]
Baked Honeycrisp apples
Today’s #OneGoodThing was a pair of Honeycrisp apples that I baked for dessert. I developed a baked apple craving after eliminating cold/raw foods from my diet (as a gut health experiment). […]
Remembering my girl
Today would have been Abby‘s 7th adopted birthday with the Nosy Parker family. I miss her acutely today. It’s raw, like it was right after we lost her. She died […]
366 Days of #OneGoodThing
If you asked me to tell you 366 good things that happened in my life this year, I’d be at a total loss. It was a crap year in a […]
Peacock tree
While Mama and I were running errands today, we happened upon a tree covered completely with peacocks! I’m no expert on Christmas trees, being Jewish and all, but this tree […]
First stew of the rainy season
The Nosy Parker family used to make stew every Friday night for a while, but stopped once it was too hot for stew. Now that we’re officially past shorts weather […]
Catching flies
I had several phone calls I had to deal with today on behalf of our family. I’d been putting them off because they were the frustrating kind — those involving […]
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