Cycled to nowhere. Outside it’s colder than the inside of our freezer and a substantial snowstorm is coming in. A good day to stay inside and think about maybe decorating the tree.
Category: Holidays
A Trip to the “Basement”
Retrieved Christmas decorations from the “basement”—a storage cage two floors down.
School’s Out
School’s out for the Holidays! Walked home from my Friday gig past a melting snowman with a face mask.
El Mesias
Tonight at Orchestra Hall: A “bilingual Spanish-English cross-cultural combination” of Handel’s Messiah and Navidad Nuestra, a cantata by Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez. We’re reminded the Holy Family were refugees. “Pretty child don’t cry my love / we will arrive at a better land.”
Sensory Treat
Mailed Christmas cards: a good reason to walk through the lovely Art Deco lobby of the downtown Post Office.
Today’s Workout
Let the festivities begin. Thanksgiving 2022.
Twelfth Night 2022
12th Night, time to put away our Christmas decorations.
New Year’s Day Tradition
Our New Year’s Day tradition is a long walk and a bar lunch. With subzero weather all day we achieved one out of two. Maxwell’s is our local, a chilly two-block walk.
New Year’s Paella
Our annual tradition: celebrated the new year in Madrid at 5:00 p.m. Central then made paella.
Enhanced Gravy
Last Christmas, a bottle of red wine was corked, so I reduced the wine to an excellent syrup. Over the year, it’s added a fruity note to dressings and sauces. Today, a couple tablespoons added a pleasant dimension to the gravy.