Grant Snider offered his “Reading Goals in the Book Review section of the New York Times.
I need to remember:
“I will journey far outside myself,,,without leaving my chair.”
See the full cartoon – here.
Grant Snider offered his “Reading Goals in the Book Review section of the New York Times.
I need to remember:
“I will journey far outside myself,,,without leaving my chair.”
See the full cartoon – here.
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Tagged cartoom, Grant Snider, New York Times, Reading Goals
Now another way to relate to one of my favorite poems by Emily Dickinson:
Then there’s a pair of us — don’t tell!
They’d banish us — you know!
In Mary Choi’s essay for the New York Times – The Terror and Humiliation of Learning to Ride a Bike at 33 – she confesses to being an adult who never learned how to ride a bike – a skill lacking in my upbringing too. I thought I was alone, but Choi’s humorous essay gives me hope. All I have to do is move to New York City and buy a bike helmet.
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Tagged adults learning to ride a bike, Emily Dickinson, New York Times, Poetry, riding a bike
The poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay – not the luscious fruit from my grandfather’s fig tree – but both I remember fondly. An interview with Caroline Kennedy in the New York Times “By the Book” reminded me; she recited it for her father – I for my Italian grandfather…
First Fig
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light.
Fresh Fig Compote
When my grandmother could get to them before all the children ate them off the tree, she made compote for the grownups:
Ingredients:
1/2 pound fresh figs
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons Sambuca
Heat butter and brown sugar over high heat, stirring frequently, until syrup begins to bubble. Add figs (quartered with stems removed) and stir to coat with the syrup. Continue cooking over medium heat to caramelize, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Just before serving, add the Sambuca.
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Tagged Caroline Kennedy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, figs, first fig, New York Times, Sambuco
If you’ve ever tried to cross a street in Italy, you will relate:
“Soccer in Italy is not unlike driving. Laws are treated merely as suggestions.”
…Jere Longman, New York Times
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Tagged Driving, Italy, Jere Longman, New York Times, soccer
Southerners may hold the title on the best biscuits and gravy. Cracker Barrel roadside restaurants were famous for buttermilk biscuits ‘n gravy with sausage – before they added multigrain pancakes to their menu.
The New York Times has a recipe for biscuits and sausage gravy that’s worth a try.
All-Purpose Biscuits
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Tagged Baking powder, Biscuit, biscuits and gravy, Butter, Flour, Milk, New York Times