Archive for November 2014
My Mom’s Obsession with Basketball (and Jeremy Lin)
Saturday night. Madison Square Garden, Knicks vs. 76ers. Mother Daughter bonding time over basketball. Daughter Not a basketball fan. Has a vague idea how basketball is played. Knows there are 5 players on a team at a time, it’s played in quarters not periods (she thinks), a basket is 2 points, a 3-point shot is worth, well,…
Read MoreFor the Love of Five Feral Cats
All summer, I kept catching glimpses of this little black cat around our house. I didn’t think anything of it at first but I started to realize it was a stray. Having lived so many years in NYC, I didn’t come across feral cats often. I’m sure the city has their share of them, but living in…
Read MoreSpectacular Sunsets at Our Lake
I seem to have a new hobby. I can’t stop taking pictures of the lake and the spectacular sunsets that happen at our lake. If I live to be 95 years old and still living at the lake, I’ll still be taking pictures of it and marvelling at the ever-changing colors of the sky. Unless…
Read MorePyrex Dish Will Explode Under the Broiler
A few days ago, I was making dinner and the recipe called for putting peppers under the broiler to roast them. Without thinking, I put the peppers in a pyrex dish and placed it under the broiler. Something niggled at the back of my mind, but because I still had a million things to do,…
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