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Semi-retired college prof. Curious about just-about-everything. Tired of mean people. Very content to be dull. 😊 💙Bend Oregon 🏔️🌲
2025 Book #9. Audiobook version, narrated by Dominic Hoffman. Characters with depth and wit in a rich tapestry of difficult lives in a NYC borough housing project in the late 60s. The narrator enlivens the characters’ distinct voices so well.
May 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
2025 Book #9. Audiobook version, narrated by Dominic Hoffman. Characters with depth and wit in a rich tapestry of difficult lives in a NYC borough housing project in the late 60s. The narrator enlivens the characters’ distinct voices so well.
2025 Book #8. Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo. In 1950s San Francisco, Chinese-American girl discovers being queer during McCarthyism. Sweet and tense. It is not my story but it resonates so strongly.
April 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
2025 Book #8. Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo. In 1950s San Francisco, Chinese-American girl discovers being queer during McCarthyism. Sweet and tense. It is not my story but it resonates so strongly.
Friday Bread Report: Not bread! Scottish oat cakes to pair with sharp cheddar. Some got a bit *toasted* (🔥) but tasted good nonetheless.
April 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Friday Bread Report: Not bread! Scottish oat cakes to pair with sharp cheddar. Some got a bit *toasted* (🔥) but tasted good nonetheless.
2025 Book #7. The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut. Eerie. Fictional recollections (based on facts) on the life of Johnny von Neumann by his family, friends, and colleagues. Von Neumann is known to most as the architect of modern Game Theory; that’s what I knew.
April 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
2025 Book #7. The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut. Eerie. Fictional recollections (based on facts) on the life of Johnny von Neumann by his family, friends, and colleagues. Von Neumann is known to most as the architect of modern Game Theory; that’s what I knew.
Friday Bread Report: Rye Porridge-style loaf. Actually…The Blob That Almost Swallowed Bend. Maybe not quite that but good to have had it in a roasting pan. Better rise. 7 min. score method is not working well.
April 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Friday Bread Report: Rye Porridge-style loaf. Actually…The Blob That Almost Swallowed Bend. Maybe not quite that but good to have had it in a roasting pan. Better rise. 7 min. score method is not working well.
Friday Bread Report. Use Porridge Bread technique for small Whole Wheat with Bulgar loaf. Good, basic.
March 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Friday Bread Report. Use Porridge Bread technique for small Whole Wheat with Bulgar loaf. Good, basic.
2025 Book #6: _The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice_ by Fania E. Davis. Another timely topic that pushes against the headwinds of our circumstances. This book came from another member of the _Belonging Without Othering_ book group a few weeks ago.
March 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
2025 Book #6: _The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice_ by Fania E. Davis. Another timely topic that pushes against the headwinds of our circumstances. This book came from another member of the _Belonging Without Othering_ book group a few weeks ago.
Deutsch. Español.
March 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Deutsch. Español.
Friday Bread Report: Porridge Bread recipe but made with rye groats. Better form this time 👍🏼! Nice texture and taste. Forgot to add caraway so that will be another iteration. 😊
March 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Friday Bread Report: Porridge Bread recipe but made with rye groats. Better form this time 👍🏼! Nice texture and taste. Forgot to add caraway so that will be another iteration. 😊
2025 Book #4. _Assassin‘s Apprentice_ by Robin Hobb. Good high-fantasy. Loooking forwars to reading on.
February 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
2025 Book #4. _Assassin‘s Apprentice_ by Robin Hobb. Good high-fantasy. Loooking forwars to reading on.
2025 Book #3. _Belonging Without Othering_ john a. powell & Stephen Menendian. This was tough because it is SO overshadowed by the current pathologies. It seems such an impossibly high calling. This title was COCC‘s „Season of Non-violence“ community read.
February 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
2025 Book #3. _Belonging Without Othering_ john a. powell & Stephen Menendian. This was tough because it is SO overshadowed by the current pathologies. It seems such an impossibly high calling. This title was COCC‘s „Season of Non-violence“ community read.
I need to face my trepidation re: forming the boule. Smells good, but flat like a pancake…😶
February 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I need to face my trepidation re: forming the boule. Smells good, but flat like a pancake…😶
Save some strength. Think marathon, not sprint.
February 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Save some strength. Think marathon, not sprint.
Yesterday’s snow created fins along the legs of the table on the deck. We’ll see what this afternoon’s snow adds.
February 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yesterday’s snow created fins along the legs of the table on the deck. We’ll see what this afternoon’s snow adds.
Soda Bread. Internet assures me dough is raggedy and knobbly finish. Tasted great with a creamy blue cheese!
February 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Soda Bread. Internet assures me dough is raggedy and knobbly finish. Tasted great with a creamy blue cheese!
2025 Book #2. Australian philosopher-scuba diver ponders Life—bacteria to bodies to culture to consciousness—and our responsibility in the face of where human achievement and hubris has brought us. Philosophical so I am certain there is a lot I barely got.
January 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
2025 Book #2. Australian philosopher-scuba diver ponders Life—bacteria to bodies to culture to consciousness—and our responsibility in the face of where human achievement and hubris has brought us. Philosophical so I am certain there is a lot I barely got.
Friday night (not bread) bake: oatcakes. With aged, extra sharp cheddar, apple, & a bold red wine. 👍🏼
January 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Friday night (not bread) bake: oatcakes. With aged, extra sharp cheddar, apple, & a bold red wine. 👍🏼
Different kind of baking adventure: Savory Dutch Baby with pear, swiss, proscuitto, walnuts & greens. It was quite good. 😊
January 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Different kind of baking adventure: Savory Dutch Baby with pear, swiss, proscuitto, walnuts & greens. It was quite good. 😊
Belated Friday night bread bake: rye cold-ferment. Pretty good, the rye grains could have had a longer cook to be a bit softer.
January 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Belated Friday night bread bake: rye cold-ferment. Pretty good, the rye grains could have had a longer cook to be a bit softer.
😊 German and Spanish
November 30, 2024 at 2:55 PM
😊 German and Spanish
2024. Book #19. Fascinating stuff I wanted it to go on and on.
November 27, 2024 at 12:53 AM
2024. Book #19. Fascinating stuff I wanted it to go on and on.