It was back to work with a bang yesterday morning! A long-estranged family member called my place of employment…and left a message about my brother. Who has been dead for over 20 years. After that intrusion I found my inbox held around 900 new messages to wade through. Even so, I was happy to be among my people. And happier still to be home after work, where I could cook many fine Fall foods (despite the summer-like weather). I baked a loaf of multi-grain bread while making mashed potatoes/parsnips and roasting some golden beets, which I served on a bed of fresh spinach.
Other items of note:
- Sound Unseen started last night at The Southern Theater, with the Brian Eno film about David Byrne.
- The Mark Mallman marathon also began at the Turf Club. Some friends will be dropping in to play with him during his 78 hour show.
- My old pal Chad is taking over as chef at King’s and got a nice write-up (though they misspelled Rielander and Reilander).
- Speaking of friends of mine and their employment, this is a nice read: On the job with Martha Weir.
- I’m not much for camping but I like the idea of the Cricket Trailer Mobile Camper.
“Invented by a guy who designed the astronauts’ living area on the International Space Station, every Cricket is built to order.” They look pretty swank. And would be nice to have in case of, say, a zombie apocalypse or something.
When I was at Quimby’s in Chicago I bought my son a book. A book I thought he’d really enjoy. He loved the underrated Iron Giant so much, and we both been into robot-related things for so long, but after reading The Gigantic Robot together? He looked at me and said “mom, that was SAD. Why’d you get me such a sad book?” Honey, sometimes life is sad. Last night he read a Star Wars novelization instead. I kept wanting to shout “It’s A Trap!” at him but that wouldn’t have been very helpful.
Personally I could really go for a quiet weekend of hiding out, curled up with one of my new book purchases, but I’ll be doing something very different instead. Promoting myself/my photography at St. Paul’s Art Crawl. Eep! This is my first time participating. Wish me luck!
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