-----A rare 'cotton candy' lobster named Haddie was caught in Maine
-----Glazed Corned Beef recipe
-----I saw a video yesterday that claimed, with the numbers rounded, there are no women citizens in Vatican City. There is a Wikipedia page on Women in Vatican City.

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The Shrink Next Door

The first three episodes are up on Apple TV+ and I think new episodes go up on Fridays. According to the blurbs, Paul Rudd plays "Dr. Ike," a psychiatrist who takes over his patient's life. Will Ferell is an almost-40-year-old patient who it seems has ongoing anxiety and self-esteem issues. The series is based on real events.

First episode ... The Consultation.
It seems as if this might be the story of assertiveness training by a con artist? Hmmm. There is a part at the beginning which I am guessing is a flash to the future. The end is weird ... current day anger issues, sleepwalking, foretelling??

Second episode ... The Ceremony.
Milking money ... yep, this is a theme.
"Run to the light, Carol Anne." That's a line from Poltergeist.

vocab:
bema(bee-muh): the podium or platform in a synagogue from which the Torah and Prophets are read
aliyah[əˈlēə]: the honor of being called upon to read from the Torah.

Things you might find at a Korean Buffet:
-----Japchae/Chapchae (잡채) ... Korean Glass Noodle Stir-fry
-----"Kimchi breath"

Nice track choice. Like by me because he sounds a bit like Freddie Mercury here! The sensitive Billy Joel of the curls and cigarettes.

Third episode ... The Treatment
"Marty invites Dr. Ike to help out with the family business. Phyllis senses she is losing her brother and decides to take matters into her own hands."

This is reading with an extensive book scavenger hunt! You can sign up for the Fall Season HERE. :-)

I am new to understanding COYER ... but participating for whatever the Winter Season is, too. :-)

My first prompt:
A book with a red item on the cover. This is my personal copy. Somewhere in my shelves or storage, I should also have my mother's copy and the copy my mother gave me.
On page 15/495.

LDRathon Progress!!!

LDR(Long Distance Relationship) Readathon.
What a nice thing to salute during this pandemic! November 8th-November 14th.

This, for me, is three rereads, a continued tabbing and the Matt Ritter book. :-) I don't pretend I will get it all done in a week ... but I am at a point where fragments of reading are great and enjoyable things.

Progress:
Stranger in a Strange Land- page 71/438
Patton- page 101/978
Rainwalkers- page 51/249
Through the Darkness- page 23/478
Hitchhiker's Guide- page 105/815

From Patton:
"... the stables were maintained in the capable hands of the Ayer coachman, Henry, who said when he was hired that he did not particularly care about having a regular day off as long as he had permission to attend all public hangings."



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Rainwalkers is a story set in the not-so-distant future in a crumbling version of John Steinbeck’s Salinas Valley, after the breakup of the United States. A once rich and prosperous agricultural land is now a war-torn nation-state known only as The Valley. To combat chronic droughts, scientists seeded clouds with genetically engineered bacteria that created regular rains but unintentionally made the rains lethal to humans. Anyone caught in the rain dies within seconds, yet there are rumors of people who survive… known as rainwalkers.
In a land of forced labor camps and waning oil fields, poverty-stricken agricultural communities support the metropolis of Salinas City and the authoritarian Valley Administration in their unending war against neighboring nations. In desperation, the Valley Administration intensifies their search for rainwalkers, who are believed to be powerful weapons in the border wars, by forcing children housed at Valley schools into the rain to be screened for resistance.
War hero Willie Taft lives a quiet agrarian life until the Administration abducts him and his wife, separating them from their daughter. Although his wife is killed during their escape, Willie continues his journey to rescue their daughter. He faces mortal challenges from the Administration military force, the sociopath bounty hunter on his trail, and the ever-present toxic rain. Time is running out as he fights his way through the Valley back to his daughter’s school before she is forcefully screened with other children in the deadly rain.
-----I'm currently reading this in ... Adobe Digital Edition via NetGalley(in my library for 50 days) and digital novel on Scribd. I'm not that invested in the phenomena of the rain coming yet ... I need to turn my imagination up or the wording needs to get less "tell me" but it's just 20-some pages in.

Ho-Ho-Ho Readathon 2021

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AND THIS IS MY FIRST READ...

Other writing by this author has received high praise!

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I will be browsing Winter Book Lists on Goodreads!

 

Blurry but here's a woodpecker going to town on one of our trees.

Listening To ...

Among today's workout music. :-)
I have lost around 26 pounds since the pandemic started! I've had (diagnosed)metabolism issues, of one sort or another, for decades and this is a huge accomplishment that I will capitalize on while I can.

Martini Vinaigrette (2006)

Notes: A suggestion forum called for a vinaigrette as a base. We bought Ken's Steakhouse Lite Olive Oil Vinaigrette and used remainder of the bottle for another salad. This blended all the flavors perfectly. I chopped up a bunch of Manzanilla olives. For the juice in the dressing, we used concentrated lemon and I have a large bottle left for cooking....I read that most any citrus juice works good with vinaigrette. We used "Three Olives", a vodka imported from England (instead of gin)....a lovely vodka.
Nowadays (2021): I would like to try a martini vinaigrette with the Three Olives Citrus or Cucumber Lime vodka.

"The perfect vinaigrette is so easy to make that I see no reason whatsoever for bottled dressings."
-Julia Child

-----Strawberry Vinaigrette. Light, for Summer Salads. There is also a Strawberry Poppyseed Dressing recipe.
-----Pickle Vinaigrette. The recipe suggests this can also be used to dip bread in.
-----Spring Vanilla Vinaigrette. "Perfect as a dressing for a salad of baby greens with strawberries or grape tomatoes. Sprinkle with toasted walnuts, if desired." A McCormic recipe. There are no reviews yet.
-----Asparagus Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
-----Honey-Balsamic Vinaigrette
-----Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette. Versatile, concentrated tomato flavor.
-----Maple Vinaigrette


It's not salad:
-----Pork Chops with Warm Lemon Vinaigrette

(May 22, 2006 ... four of six arrangements.)



Tips:
-----Buy an inexpensive, often sort-of-ugly bouquet, from the supermarket floral store...they all have them.
-----I always keep miscellaneous items like ribbon & glass jars on hand.
-----I combine fake with real.
-----I used to buy vases on extreme clearance...usually 50 cents or less ... they'd probably be a little over a dollar now. The glass jars are usually from groceries. I've a few vases that belonged to my mother.
-----I cut up flowers, real and fake, to make them my own. So much less commercial.
-----I recycle bits of bouquet that are still salvageable from one arrangement to the next.

Having flowers in one's home doesn't have to be expensive! #LittleThings

Back to The Never Cooked With List

Licensed photo. "Farmhouse Fireplace." Taken by Roger Kirby. 

Well, I haven't been keeping up with my ingredient wish list for a while...high time I got back to it. :-)

-----Barley Malt Syrup. The best way to use it is along with other natural sweeteners...I do not know which sweeteners I will use it with yet.
-----Bay scallops...or any scallops. Some of the people on "Hell's Kitchen" make cooking them seem like Rocket Science. They ARE finally starting to get close to affordable and that is cool!
-----Black sesame seeds
-----Farro
-----Garlic Tobasco
-----Hotel Bar Butter. Part of New York cuisine for over a century. I think I first heard of it when reading "Julie& Julia."




Post-in-progress. :-)

My rosebush still had flowers on Halloween. Husband picked them for me.:-)

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