I think it is safe to say that we have always been a food-centric household. Increasingly so, ever since Ivi started regularly cooking from middle school times. While she is on break between college terms, I have been returning home from work at noon and at day’s end to find that something new has again come out of her oven. But once in a while we may eat out, and I know that Ivi explores local cuisine when she has a chance when school is in session. For those times, here are some tips and recommendations that come our way from New York City food critic, Robert Sietsema.
National Geographic’s 2013 In Review
Wow. Check this stuff out: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/year-in-review-2013/
An example in the Science category: an electron microscope photograph of a one-millimeter-long tardigrade organism:
Guys and Dolls
Last night, Dad accompanied Nik and Ivi to the Elgin Opera House for a production of “Guys and Dolls”. Good fun. Nik reports that many of the cast members represented students from EOU, and Brittany, Ivi’s good friend from high school was cast in a leading role.
Lisle, Continued
And a couple more from the visit to Grandma Janet …
Just a Few Days Away …
Ivi is nearly ready to go. And in the meantime, there’s her new Africa cookbook (lower right).
A Branch of the Family Tree
Christmas Encounter – Lisle & Charlie
The Tree Thing
Having secured a Forest Service permit, we score a fine little tree in the woods beyond Catherine Creek.
Nelson Mandela, Free Again
One of the most important figures of our or any time passed away yesterday. Here is the anthem from the 80s –before his release from prison, before the collapse of apartheid, before his presidency of South Africa — that I will forever associate with this amazing man.
One Is The Loneliest Number
Walking to work this morning in the semi-dark and C-O-L-D …
