Random Notes from the Sandwich Life: March 13, 2024
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I overslept today, right through all of Ernie’s texts that normally wake me. I finally woke up from a complicated dream, the details of which I will not bore you. I’m still bleary and can’t seem to shake it off. More iced tea needed I guess. Given the state of my mind, a random notes edition is needed.
1. Why on earth didn’t I give a due date for cookbook contributions? What was I thinking? I’d like to get the cookbook out shortly after our house concert on April 5, 2024 (DON’T FORGET THE HOUSE CONCERT PEOPLE). So, please fill out the contribution form by Sunday, March 31 if you would, please. Don’t get into this mindset that your recipe isn’t good enough….and don’t make me hunt you down!
If you happen to bring your contributed recipe to the house concert we’ll take a picture of it then.
2. Why is it that the biggest moment of the Oscars for Barbie was about Ken? Huh?
3. As you may know, we always try to do appetizers for award shows. Since my friends had left all sorts of bags and bowls of little tidbits it was quite easy. I cooked some shrimp (not my best cooking job but eh, you know). I was going try to do something a bit fancier with them but at the last minute it was just a dip in cornstarch, salt and pepper. We did make some Mississippi Comeback sauce. So we had the shrimp with that, leftover pineapple and some nibbles of cheese. Delightful, friends.
4. LOOOOOKKKK! My forsythia bush bloomed! It’s in honor of my late friend Forsythia, another Cynthia who wrote online. Thank you, Susan for this lovely gift.
5. Beautiful, beautiful hellebores.
6. Now tell me if this isn’t one of the creepiest things you’ve seen of late. I couldn’t figure out what I was looking at. Susan (my gardening guru) told me it’s just a mutation of a branch. Poor little spirea.
7. These gorgeous people visited the other day and did my heart no end of good despite Owen doing a weird Ernie smile.
8. Owen was heartbroken at the news Karl Wallinger of World Party had passed. Sigh.
9. Just now, Ernie called me to say he’d had a minor fender bender. JFC. Can we get a fucking break? I’m sorry. I shouldn’t whine. Ok, I guess I’m gonna go.
Onward.
Love,
Cynthia
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