Category: Family

Celebratory Donuts

It’s National Donut Day, but I don’t need an excuse to enjoy an old-fashioned with my morning coffee. In the bag: two rhubarb fritters for Dwight and me to mark our 35th anniversary this evening.

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Sunday Lunch

Met at a restaurant for Sunday lunch with family. Our nephews, 13 and 14, devour this stuff and are expert with chopsticks. We’d planned to travel with them to Japan in June, but have had to postpone until next year because the country will still be closed to foreign tourists.

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Trip Stacking: Managing Uncertainty

Lava stone cairn to mark the trail

Lava rocks stacked to build a cairn, Hawaii Big Island, April 2009. This summer we’ll be traveling somewhere overseas with our nephews and their parents. Exactly where we go will depend on the trajectory of the Covid virus and how different jurisdictions choose to manage transmission risk. To minimize uncertainty, I’ve resorted to stacking three…… Continue reading Trip Stacking: Managing Uncertainty

Cooked in a Smoker

There were eight of us at the table at my sister- and brother-in-law’s. This huge platter was filled with the best turkey and brisket, slow-cooked in a smoker. Needless to say, we got to take some home.

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Peonies With a Story

Peonies on display in our home from a bush Dwight’s grandmother planted in North Dakota maybe 100 years ago. A few years ago we moved the bush to his sister’s yard near the Twin Cities. It has a pleasant scent, unlike modern hybrids.

Almost Normal Times

It was almost like normal times in our family bubble, together, indoors for the first time in over a year, feasting on turkey and ribs, slow-cooked in a smoker.