I immediately started reading The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. Has anyone read his stuff? Although it is very well written, it is...tedious. The first time I've heard his name was when I was young & working on my Aunt & Uncle's arborist/ranch in Colorado. It came as recommended reading from my Aunt Pati. Whenever KMHD & I reflect on the things we were told by the females in our family, we are amused at how they had/have a finger on the pulse. I wish I recognized it then. Anyway, I'm finally taking up her suggestion. I really need to write her a letter. I miss that part of the country in a big way.
What am I going to do with these peppers?
Let me rephrase the question: When will I have time to do something with these peppers? The smoked ones are filling our kitchen with the aroma of campfire. It is so soothing, so comforting. I may drop a couple in my next soup. I think I'll make a little jelly out of the habaneros. Pour that on a cream cheese block & serve on crackers, invite some friends, go to town.
It's the last couple of days before Speak & Spell, the Joyce Elliot fundraiser organized by KMHD, ATM, Westley, David, Maggie, Carrie & myself. I just have to say that we did our very best and our very best is turning out to be AWESOME. Everything is coming together! We've got free-flowing beer, snacks, great prizes, and lovely auction items that even WE want to bid on. Sen. Elliott will actually be in attendance & I truly believe if you meet her, you'll fall in love with her, much like I did. I feel a huge lump of gratitude in my throat & heart to my fellow organizers. It's a dream come true for me to work with my peers on a project as big and important as this. Maybe I should TELL THEM.
I'm stoked, too, because my mum will be there!
So, this wedding we are attending in Texas is in a cave. The website answers the question of "What should I wear?" thusly:
Whatever you want. Austin is very casual, so you won’t need to dress up for anything. Just remember that there will be a short walk down into the cave and it will be 68˚ inside. Consider the uneven terrain when selecting your shoes and maybe grab a jacket.
Well, I want to wear spelunking gear. Boots & a headlamp. Am I poorly misinterpreting the answer? You tell me. And tell me soon, because I gotta get ready. I'm hoping that this is o.k. because I do not want to shop for a dress. No. No.
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On Sunday, some of us are going down to Hot Springs for the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival to support our very own Matt Rowe. His film (<--p. 7, Dogpatch) will be showing at 4:15 p.m. and we wanted him to have a healthy-sized, cool-lookin' (heh) posse. Please come! Contact me if you wanna caravan or meet up!
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I reallyreallyreally wish I could see that Dogpatch documentary. Have you ever been? I went probably six or seven times when I was little. It was the place we took visiting cousins and the site of at least one junior high Art Club field trip (hahahaha). I wish I could remember more than the creepy amusement park rides and characters that I knew nothing about because I never read the Lil Abner strips.
Hi. Me again.
I love to put habeneros w/ cubed mango, black beans, cilantro, and a ton of lime juice. Best salsa ever. Serve it over fish and SWOON.
Abbey's fiction is overrated. But Desert Solitaire is up there with anything Emerson or Leopold ever put down. Short, too.
Andrew, I am so not feeling this book and I've tried. I may toss it aside for another time and just read Desert Solitaire.
Looks like I will be venturing into Haruki Murakami sooner than later.
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