20 January 2017
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R. Linda:
So the day is gloomy, drizzly, dark, dank, and yucky (the last word compliments of the kiddos). No one in this house seems happy. The kiddos trudged off to school and the wife with them. Mam decided, in honour of John Lewis, to bake a sweet potato pie, her very first. She baked her first pumpkin yesterday, and it was gone, so she decided to try her hand at another American favourite she never had before. The recipe she got from Tonya, whose mother makes sweet potato pie. Everyone in the house had never tasted sweet potato pie but Tonya. So why not, eh?
As for myself, I be off today, but I work tomorrow! I will tell you how the pie tastes when it cools, and I get myself a slice. Here, have a look at this goodness:
845
R. Linda:
So the day is gloomy, drizzly, dark, dank, and yucky (the last word compliments of the kiddos). No one in this house seems happy. The kiddos trudged off to school and the wife with them. Mam decided, in honour of John Lewis, to bake a sweet potato pie, her very first. She baked her first pumpkin yesterday, and it was gone, so she decided to try her hand at another American favourite she never had before. The recipe she got from Tonya, whose mother makes sweet potato pie. Everyone in the house had never tasted sweet potato pie but Tonya. So why not, eh?
As for myself, I be off today, but I work tomorrow! I will tell you how the pie tastes when it cools, and I get myself a slice. Here, have a look at this goodness:
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| I know it looks like pumpkin, but it's not |
So, Direct TV came up for renewal. That was last week. And I was about to pay it when Tonya said, "Hold off for a minute."
"What?" I asked, looking at her deep-in-thought expression.
"I haven't been sleeping well, you haven't been sleeping well, and not seeing the news might help us sleep. Ignorance is bliss, and right now . . . plus, the boys should read more books instead of watching the TV. Your Mom said the other day how it seems their imaginations are stunted by so many electronics."
"So you are saying not to renew the satellite? I have no trouble with that." As it is, it costs me an astronomical $300 a month!
She nodded, and I closed my laptop, and we went to break the news to the rest of the house. It was the youngest who gave out an "Oh man!" The rest did not care as I thought they would. Even Mam shrugged and said, "Good!"
That was that. For the past week, we HAVE been sleeping better. We have no idea what the weather is, but it is a small price to pay. Unfortunately, because of my work, I know what is going on in the world, but I have been ignoring it all pretty well. The kiddos have found their fun in board games and science experiments. They even seem more attentive to their homework.
All was well until today. I have my phone on me because sometimes work beckons, and it is standard procedure to have it nearby just in case I have to go in or cover a breaking story. But as it would happen, I'd get BRINGGG, and on me screen would jump a picture or a headline, or both with a video link. You'd be proud of me if I ignored it all day.
I will say nothing else as being mostly ignorant of the day and wanting to keep it that way, as my mood has been better, not great but better. So, with wanting to cheer meself up and probably you too, I decided to put in some lovely pictures of New Hampshire as a temporary interlude because if I don't I might have some kind of meltdown, and that wouldn't be pretty . . . or professional.
Enjoy scenic N.H. -- these are shots recently taken where I live by yours truly. I hope you enjoy the photos, but well, I know you have snow in Denver, most likely or thereabouts, and it isn't your favourite subject. And you are probably standing there with hands on hips saying, "Really, Gabe? Snow pictures?" Uh yup.
"What?" I asked, looking at her deep-in-thought expression.
"I haven't been sleeping well, you haven't been sleeping well, and not seeing the news might help us sleep. Ignorance is bliss, and right now . . . plus, the boys should read more books instead of watching the TV. Your Mom said the other day how it seems their imaginations are stunted by so many electronics."
"So you are saying not to renew the satellite? I have no trouble with that." As it is, it costs me an astronomical $300 a month!
She nodded, and I closed my laptop, and we went to break the news to the rest of the house. It was the youngest who gave out an "Oh man!" The rest did not care as I thought they would. Even Mam shrugged and said, "Good!"
That was that. For the past week, we HAVE been sleeping better. We have no idea what the weather is, but it is a small price to pay. Unfortunately, because of my work, I know what is going on in the world, but I have been ignoring it all pretty well. The kiddos have found their fun in board games and science experiments. They even seem more attentive to their homework.
All was well until today. I have my phone on me because sometimes work beckons, and it is standard procedure to have it nearby just in case I have to go in or cover a breaking story. But as it would happen, I'd get BRINGGG, and on me screen would jump a picture or a headline, or both with a video link. You'd be proud of me if I ignored it all day.
I will say nothing else as being mostly ignorant of the day and wanting to keep it that way, as my mood has been better, not great but better. So, with wanting to cheer meself up and probably you too, I decided to put in some lovely pictures of New Hampshire as a temporary interlude because if I don't I might have some kind of meltdown, and that wouldn't be pretty . . . or professional.
Enjoy scenic N.H. -- these are shots recently taken where I live by yours truly. I hope you enjoy the photos, but well, I know you have snow in Denver, most likely or thereabouts, and it isn't your favourite subject. And you are probably standing there with hands on hips saying, "Really, Gabe? Snow pictures?" Uh yup.
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| The lake down the road - reminds me of Canada |
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| View of the Monadnock Mt. Range - reminds me of Glastonbury, Eng. without the Tor |
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| Snowing in my front yard - reminds me I need a new shovel |
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| After the now (yesterday) - it reminds me I need a bigger shovel |
Oh, and the pie? DELICIOUS! Mam thinks John Lewis is an elegant speaker and a powerful one despite Forest Trump taking him apart. Uncalled for, she said. Thank you, Congressman Lewis, for inspiring me Mam, to go to baking universes she's never been before.
Gabe
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