October 2009

Cherry soup

October 21, 2009

Here’s something I’d forgotten about, and it’s soooo good! At Costco the other day I came across a bag of frozen, pitted cherries. Also had to buy some wine for a stew recipe, and so had on hand the better part of a bottle of cheap red. Combine these judiciously and you come up with [...]

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Theme Days, Reconsidered

October 20, 2009

So earlier this week, I came up with what sounded like a great idea to manage time: set a “theme” for each day of the week and do tasks related to that and only related to that. Once caught up with all the work that’s gotten out of hand, I figured, this strategy would help [...]

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House Maintenance: What you get for a thousand bucks

October 19, 2009

Well, Saturday the guys from South Mountain Land Maintenance, LLC, showed up, hauling a huge trailer and equipped with all sorts of tools. My  front yard has run amok. In the first place, at my behest Richard the Landscaper par Extraordinaire planted way too many trees and large shrubs. The idea was to create a [...]

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Ethical? Charging what the (charitable) market will bear…

October 18, 2009

Middle of last week, along came the following announcement in the community college e-mail: Kewl, eh? For ten bucks you get an artsy-craftsy bowl (potential Christmas present!), a light meal, and some general socializing. And you donate to a good cause. I asked La Maya and Kathy if they’d like to drop by this thing [...]

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Theme Days: A way to organize time

October 17, 2009

Ever get the feeling that you just can’t keep up with all the stuff you need to do? That there’s so much ditz to cope with that you can’t get to the important things, but if you do the important stuff first, then there’s no time left to deal with the steadily mounting pile of [...]

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Prognostications

October 16, 2009

Well, somebody thinks the economy is about to improve, big-time! On the other hand, somebody else thinks (with questionable credibility) that whatever gains we make will be lost to soaring healthcare premiums as insurance companies gouge customers in the wake of national health-care reform. Enough people think happy days are here again to push the [...]

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