-- Happy Sunday, everybody. You've still got an hour and ten minutes left in CST to enjoy it. Well, less, once I've actually posted this. Hm. Happy Monday, then. I managed to have late nights both Friday and Saturday, but not because I was doing anything; I just wasn't tired enough to sleep. It's definitely a vicious circle: a couple nights of lying awake make a person nervous that it'll happen again, upping the chances that it actually will. So I'll update instead of even thinking about bed.
-- I had a nice Sunday in St Paul (downtown, no less -- it IS possible!). The Twin Cities really are good for having interesting stuff to do and nice people to do it with. And I had a tasty portobello sandwich (really a burger, as it was on a soft rye bun) before listening to ridiculously talented young people perform (flute, viola, voice) in Mears Park.
-- I was looking through old digital photos and found two of my backyard, taken the day I had my final walk-through before closing. Here and here. That was in the middle of December, but it's still incredible how barren it looks, considering this is what it currently looks like (mmmmmm, neatly trimmed lawn). When I had my tomato party, we were talking about my ash tree, and I was saying that that (and a tiny corner of perennials -- the reddish area behind my mom in that first photo) was the only thing in the yard when I moved in. I've put a lot of work into the gardens in the last three years! Hard work, too. Whew.
-- I dried some apple slices in the oven this morning, to be used in some cinnamon apple shortbread cookies I plan to make. With my Minnesota cookie cutter, of course. (I picked the apples here.) I also boiled down some tomatoes for sauce, so I was very happy to eventually leave the house, as oven+stove+warm day did not make for the most pleasant temperature indoors. It was still 83F the last time I checked, which is pretty close to as hot as it ever gets (inside) during the summer. What's up with that, September?
-- Time now, I think, to go read This Is Your Brain on Music. I started it a while ago and was very enthusiastic, but then got distracted for no good reason. It's full of amazingly interesting little bits that make a person annoying to be around, as that's all one wants to talk about after having learned said bits. Sort of like anything they mention on Radiolab. (But watch out for that parasites episode. It's hard to stop thinking about hookworms once you start.)
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