Daily Archives: September 27, 2008

Silicone egg-poachers. I just bought two from Sur La Table today (Jim needed a protected knife to take fruit and snacks to work) and they’re in flower shapes from www.siliconezone.com. Their site doesn’t ask one for questions.

Can I poach two eggs at a time in the poacher? I’m thinking of disastrous results in the microwave because egg yolks tend to explode as they’re encapsulated.

If anyone knows, please tell me before I wash and use them. Otherwise they can always be a lovely gift, if you get my meaning. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Say no more. Dee

This terrific actor died today, and was quoted in the NY Times by Aljean Hermetz as saying “The trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I’m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer, who puts back into the soil what he takes out.”

From what I see from his many movies, he took little from this earth. OK, maybe from carbon emissions from his racing! But he did so much using his brand to give $200 million and counting to worthy charitable causes.

The farmers in Jim’s family will enjoy this summing up of an extraordinary life. As would our mother, who is in her final hours. No, she’s not going to get front page mention on the NYTimes, even mention from the crossword mavens who she’s beaten for the past fifty years.

We had Chicken Saltimbocca, spaghetti squash (not as good as my brother’s), sauteed arugula and rice cooked in chicken broth. Tomorrow is another day.

Thanks for writing in and reading, Dee

ps I love my new lamp! It lights up my keyboard without bugging Jim next door. I can even run my hand right on the six bulbs and it’s cool as can be. We’re both coming down with colds so are on Yin Chaio every two hours.

Every day since before the hurricane Jim asked if I’d received a package. No. What is it? A present.

Today it finally arrived. Right now he’s working normal hours, but as a software guy, left to his own devices his schedule would change to that of a night owl.

I’ve been up nights catching up on email and the blog and as we live in an urban loft, our bedroom has no door (next door to our study) and it is open to catch the light from the living room and study windows overlooking downtown. It’s open from 7-10 feet, for about seven feet horizontally.

I used to leave the blinds open all night to get light from outside, but can only do that during winter months because the sun streams in here early morning and the A/C has to work overtime.

So I’ve been up middle of the night on my computer and he is trying to sleep in the next room. So he splurged and bought me a LED desk lamp, that we look forward to trying out after dark tonight. The base probably weighs 10 lbs. It adjusts to any position, can focus light downward (instead of into the bedroom) and is cool. Previously I used his desk lamp with a halogen bulb that burned hot and I would just sit here and sweat.

Dee's LED Lamp

So now this night owl will presumably be able to work at 2:00 a.m. and my love will be able to get his thinking sleep. Thank you, love! Dee