Music and Cats

I’ve never been a bread baker. I love good bread, but I haven’t had enough patience or enough interest to learn to bake my own. Then two weeks ago, I read Lindy’s post about the no-knead bread recipe written up in the New York Times. Gorgeous bread with only 20 minutes work? Now this I […]

Yesterday morning, Paul was out of bed early to a) make coffee, b) bring a cup to me in bed (thank you, sweetie), and c) get the enormous local turkey that I’d insisted on buying into the oven. After I’d had my first few sips of coffee, I sleepily padded downstairs to watch […]

Sasha is thankful for sunshine. Aren’t all cats? Sadly, direct sunlight has been in rather short supply in Seattle these past few weeks.
I wish Sasha were thankful for turkey, but neither he nor the other McKittens seem particularly interested. It’s too bad, really; we have plenty of turkey, and would be happy to share.
Thanks […]

Poem in Thanks
Lord Whoever, thank you for this air
I’m about to in- and exhale, this hutch
in the woods, the wood for fire,
the light-both lamp and the natural stuff
of leaf-back, fern, and wing.
For the piano, the shovel
for ashes, the moth-gnawed
blankets, the stone-cold water
stone-cold: thank you.
Thank you, Lord, coming for
to carry me here — where I’ll gnash
it […]

My parents arrived from Houston today. They’re asleep now in my office, also known as the guest room. My computer is also in my office. (Remember that; it becomes important later on.)
I finished my first loaf of no-knead bread tonight. I took photos of much of the process, and the final result. As I […]