April 18, 2025

That moment when you're almost done transferring your clothes from the washing machine to the dryer and you realize you forgot to add detergent. 👯 

April 16, 2025

 

April 13, 2025

Roast lamb for dinner this week, and I decided to pair it with turnip greens (bc they were on sale) and mashed Japanese sweet potatoes (boil 'em, mash 'em, add some sauteed onion, butter, and salt *chef's kiss*). This was one of the potatoes, which looks like my nickname initial, and I confess that the decision to slice into it felt like a mild ethical dilemma.

 

April 13, 2025

Another wonderful concert by the PSO this afternoon. I'd never heard Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto (beyond the iconic first several measures), and both soloist and orchestra did it justice: a breathtaking performance that left me in tears. Along with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring a few years back, it was the most exhilarating performance of a classical piece that I've ever witnessed. The program closed with an old favorite, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe (two suites), which was also wonderful. Even the first piece by Italian composer (I almost typed "composter") Victor de Sabata, Plato's Night, which for the most part didn't grab me, ended with a quiet, shimmering progression that filled me with light. And then there was the guest conductor, Daniele Rustioni, who was a full-on diva from his gymnastic style to his thick dome of hair, but so much fun to watch. All in all, a much appreciated and needed soul cleansing.

 

March 14, 2025

A pair of mourning doves has been scoping out the nest on my balcony that robins have used the past two summers. Since it's supposed to be warm the next few days, I'll have the door to the balcony open in the afternoons. Let's see how badly they want it...

March 12, 2025

When you live in a batshit-adjacent neighborhood in times like these, you find yourself while you're out walking looking between the houses to determine where there are gaps in the fences in case you have to flee pursuit.

February 14, 2025

Three and a half years ago, I pinched a small leaf from a night blooming cereus in a local Thai restaurant, sprouted roots on it, and planted it in a pot. Today, it has produced this gloriously gangly green thing.