krispy k is watching

krispy k is now now checking in on what you ward people are up to or not up to as it were.

Kelly w and Mother b

As I clean out and purge I come across fun stuff...she was telling me to go fix her an Old Fashion... do it quickly and make it strong!

Happy Birthday Robert Burns!

Today is Robert Burn's birthday. I have a happy hour with colleagues this afternoon. I really do not like happy hours - never have - but I am on the executive committee for this organization and we have to take turns hosting them. I chose this one so I can actually celebrate Rabbie's birthday on the day. We had a mini-Burn's supper last Friday. It was really a get together with people who went to Scotland last June and we turned it into a sort of Burns Supper since I was bring haggis and Neeps & Tatties. We had fun, but not enough singing for my taste.

I am going to a more formal Burn's supper on Feb. 4 in Austin. It will be different going to one that I am not actually organizing and cooking for.

Feb. 3 we will go to see They Might Be Giants with Trevor and Tina. It is Tina's birthday. We have seen They Might Be Giants almost every time they are in Austin. They continue to be my favorite band.

That's about it for now.

Year of the Dragon

Ruby in church garb!



Kathryn gave me a very cross look when I said that it must be a new year  on the Chinese calendar because my ass be draggen.  Actually, all is well here. In case I have not formally invited you we are having a baptism week-end on Easter week-end.  The baptism service is on Saturday before Easter at 7:00 p.m. with Otis and Ruby being baptised and the rest of us re-renouncing the devil and all the evil forces in the world.  Toby, Tanya and the kids will also be here and we will have a crawfish boil, Easter-egg hunt and fireworks display on Easter afternoon. It should be great fun.  Please join us if you can.

Etremely Loud, Incredibily Good

I just watched the film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close--- one of the great movies of the decade to me. Tense, on the edge of my seat, soulful, mournful but real in an unreal way. If anyone goes, or has already gone, I would like your take on it. it is very unique... yet predictably not predictable.

Take your hankies..

Hello out there?

Hope everyone had a good holiday.  We had a nice visit with Diana and Brad.  They were in town for some sort of party having to do with a sporting event that took place in New Orleans that we will never reference again. Can you get to eastern Tennessee without going through Alabama?

Shrimp Orleans

Two recipes from mother's Own Hands: Shrimp Orleans