Hi Michael,

 ML> > Go figure! We're supposed to be relatively warm (40s and 50s thru
 ML> > Thursday, with some rain then. Friday isn't supposed to get out of
 ML> the > 30s so, depending on how fast the rain clears, we may have a bit
 ML> of of > snow. T'will be a good day to bake the ham.

 ML> We're expected to have showers on the 28th.

We've got the rain today. After this set of storms pass, it's supposed
to be clear until next Wed. night/Thursday morning.


 ML> Looking forward. An alternate route for my
 ML> walk is up the hill beside the driveway,
 ML> and every step crunches with dry grass and
 ML> brush. Luckily nobody who smokes goes
 ML> through there, but one stray lightning bolt
 ML> within a mile, and we're in deep doo-doo.


Seriously dry out there! We're about 10" over average for the year--too
bad we can't ship some water your way. (G)


 ML> >  ML> > I like having a scarf or something to prewarm the air I
 ML> inhale. The >  ML> lungs > don't get quite as shocked then.
 ML> >  ML> In your case that's understandable. Hitherto,
 ML> >  ML> I've generally liked the feel of cool air
 ML> >  ML> (down to a few minus) in my lungs; judging
 ML> > I used to be that way. (G)

 ML> That's a trait helpful for survival in
 ML> places like upstate New York.

Also other cold places we've lived--Germany, Massachusetts, even Arizona
and North Carolina, tho not as often.

 ML> >  ML> >  ML> them go up pretty much as I watched. Hoarding
 ML> >  ML> >  ML> doesn't immediately raise prices, which
 ML> >  ML> >  ML> happens on restocking.
 ML> >  ML> > No real surprise considering what has been going on all year.
 ML> >  ML> Just noting that it happened.
 ML> > And has come again, in smaller waves, as Covid has spread across the
 ML> > country, ebbing and peaking. I'm trying to stay home for the most
 ML> part > for the next few weeks, trying to avoid crowds of people that
 ML> have been > who knows where, just to keep myself a bit safer.

 ML> I figure if you want to maintain that level
 ML> of caution, you'll have to avoid crowds for
 ML> a good while, maybe for the rest of time.

At least for the next couple of months, until the Christmas/New Year's
travel time is over, with the accompanying rise in cases.

 ML> >  ML> Ah. I thought you were referring to randomness
 ML> >  ML> of content, not of shape, which is a tyranny
 ML> >  ML> all its own.
 ML> > Sometimes the content fits what's being discussed. (G)

 ML> That's my intention most of the time.

Sometimes hitting the nail right on the head.

 ML> >  ML> Guinness cited the Twin Cities as
 ML> >  ML> having the spiciest cuisine in the country,
 ML> >  ML> on the strength of an influx of Ceylonese
 ML> >  ML> immigrants, no doubt brought by a church
 ML> >  ML> group. Unfortunately, by the time I got
 ML> >  ML> there, the Sri Lanka Curry House had gone
 ML> >  ML> the way of all flesh.
 ML> > So they're back to the midwestern bland? Thirty some years ago I
 ML> would

 ML> No, Ethiopian and Somali food. Once
 ML> tasted, always wanted, that sort of thing.

Sounds good, never would have thought that area would have something
that "exotic". I could see German and Scandinavian foods being popular
in the area.

 ML> > have predicted that the Chinese restaurant opening up in my home
 ML> town > wouldn't have lasted. It has, and thrived. Like the little one
 ML> we like > in WF, most of the business is take out, but there are a few
 ML> tables and > chairs for those that want to eat in.

 ML> What's the situation like now?

The one in my home town--have no idea as we've not been up there since
my dad passed away 3 years ago. We did swing thru the next summer to
pick up some stuff/stop at the cemetary but didn't stop otherwise and I
didn't look when we passed the place. They took over the old post office
building when the new one was built.

 ML> >  ML> > The sugar is the major carb issue in most baked goods. I'm
 ML> using a >  ML> half > Stevia for baking/half sugar for most of my
 ML> baking. Better carb >  ML> wise and > most people can't tell anything
 ML> different.
 ML> >  ML> I'm torn between envying and pitying
 ML> >  ML> those who can't tell the difference!
 ML> > Envy some, pity others?

 ML> One doesn't generally divide neatly into
 ML> camps. More like part envy, part pity for
 ML> almost everyone. I admit that in the case
 ML> where people's lack of sensitivity is of
 ML> benefit to their pocketbooks, it's mostly
 ML> envy, except when I think what experiences
 ML> they're missing, and then it flops over to
 ML> pity, but then of course they don't care,
 ML> which is enviable in itself.

Win some/lose some sort of issue.


 ML> >  ML> >  ML> Spanish rice
 ML> >  ML> >  ML> Cesar Romero
 ML> >  ML> > Not the way I'd make it but I'm not a celebrity.
 ML> >  ML> I could work along those lines, but there
 ML> >  ML> would be fewer vegetables.
 ML> > I would include some meat.

 ML> He did note at the end of the recipe that
 ML> bacon would be a good addition.

I usually put some ground beef in mine.


---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... A truly wise person knows that he knows not.

--- PPoint 3.01