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Tag: holidays

  • Passport woes, part 2

    I am in England now, writing this, so, all the mad rushing around of last week did result finally in my having a valid passport to travel (2, in fact). I wrote about my crazy hectic Wednesday, when I somehow squeezed in a trip from Baltimore to the center of DC to hand in my…

  • Thanksgiving – Kissimmee, FL style

    What a day!! I woke up this morning at 6:30 am, thinking “I have so much to cook, how will I get it all done.” We’re down in Florida, in a rental house, with a minimalist kitchen, and a dinner for nine to cook. And we never got the leeks!! The leeks were an integral…

  • The Magic Kingdom, and beyond…

    It’s 45 minutes before midnight, and I wish I could cook some of the meal we will enjoy tomorrow, but with my MIL sleeping on the sofa in the living room, which is really just the other end of the first floor that the kitchen is in, that’s not a go. So, I’m posting briefly,…

  • Vacation – Launched!

    Our goal was to be on the road as soon after sunset as possible. We were on the road by 6:30, which we considered to be quite reasonable, given that we hadn’t started packing until about 4:00pm! Things we accomplished today before leaving: eating most of the perishables in the fridge closing and winterizing the…

  • Veterans Day, Observed

    I had to work today – so I drove in to work, but, as it happened, I ended up listening to a New Yorker – Out Loud podcast: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/10/out-loud-reckoning-with-iraq.html From the website: “In the current issue of The New Yorker, Dexter Filkins writes about an ex-Marine seeking forgiveness from the family of the Iraqi civilians his unit killed.…

  • Holidays over, back to routine (thank goodness!)

    Most people know about the Jewish High Holiday, kicked off every fall with Rosh HaShanah, followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur. In our area, the public schools are off for one day for both holidays (I cannot recall whether this was true in California). But, many people don’t realize that Yom Kippur is followed…

  • So much going on!

    As often happens, I find weeks go by and I slack off on contributions here. It’s not that there isn’t plenty to write about – to the contrary, I’ve been writing blog posts in my head, but had no time to type them here. A few notable updates: – J is finally pretty confidently and…