Did you stay home today?  100%. Tuesday is normally a takeout day, but X opted for frozen lasagna because it’s so frozen outside.

What local business or charity did you support?   Now I’m getting into the spirit and seeing little things that might make X smile. I got a spruce-tip infused maple syrup from a Vermont producer of course.

What’s for dinner? Frozen lasagna.

Here’s the progress on the Warm Color project. The one on the far right is the blend of the four shown top to bottom.

And here’s the Rat’s Ass – OK, Rat’s Head:

Did you stay home today?  Was in town but strictly outdoors

What local business or charity did you support?   Ariel’s Honey Infusions – bought a jar of Lavender & Vanilla honey to make a little gift for X; I think he will like it.

What’s for dinner? It was a steak & cabbage stir-fry, from NYT – OK, that’s two recipes per week over two weeks I’ve been giving the NYT column a try. Recipes were pedestrian when not disastrous. I satisfied my curiosity; I can do better.

Did you stay home today?  No, Sunday is danger day

What local business or charity did you support?   I just bought some sauces from Angry Goat Hot Sauce partly because I like the name.

What’s for dinner? A chicken and bok choy dish baked on a sheet pan; from NYT’s 5 Dishes to Cook This Week. Will be ready shortly. Note I am always a week behind, so I am really cooking 5 Dishes to Cook Last Week.

Postscript: Well THAT freaking didn’t work! My bok choy turned to cinders! What is wrong with you, NYT!? I always regret straying from the Best Recipe people.

Good thing I started early. Time to improvise another vegetable.

Still working on the Warm Color project.

I signed up to talk to a teletherapist. And I decided to do ancestry.com. Both of these decisions out of boredom.

Yesterday:

Did you stay home today?  100%.

What local business or charity did you support?   Really dropping the ball.

What’s for dinner?  Leftover Chinese

I’ve been in top form, but this afternoon I just crashed.

Here’s a picture; it’s a corner of my office. I was aiming for a pic of that little Xmas cactus bud. Yeah I know all my friends with Xmas cactuses have big behemoth amounts of blooms as soon as advent starts. My guys just give me these little buds, just as Xmas approaches and, I LOVE them, they are MINE.

Yesterday:

Did you stay home today?  Yes, sent X to pick up the Chinese.

What local business or charity did you support?   Oriental Wok

What’s for dinner?  Oriental Wok

Today:

Did you stay home today?  Yes, popped over to the library but it was curbside.

What local business or charity did you support?   Supported a New Mexico charity instead to satisfy a friend’s birthday wish.

What’s for dinner?  I improvised a kind of turkey chili over grits.

Proud of myself here. I took the Best Recipe for gingerbread, and quartered it to fit in a tiny loaf pan. Now, gingerbread for two. Smelled amazing coming out of the oven.

Potentially proud of myself here too. My next yarn will be warm colors.

Did you stay home today?  Nope, it’s Sunday, where I brave the cooties to provision my household

What local business or charity did you support?   Several, let’s name Cheese Traders, from which we bought a few gifts to ship to Mom

What’s for dinner? White Beans au Vin, a NYT recipe. It wasn’t anything special. White beans and mushrooms in some broth. Ever since You Know What, NYT has printed a section called “At Home”; one thing it always includes is five recipes under the heading “What to Cook This Week.” They always look so scrumptious. And I just like the title. “What to Cook This Week.” Cause that’s what we are all wondering, isn’t it? Question answered, problem solved, they figured it out for you, now you just put the pieces together and you get five fairly healthful, yummy, and varied meals for your week. So I finally decided to try a couple… tomorrow is a pasta with sausage & broccoli. I’m just doing two, not all five.

This is a spot called Otter Creek Drive, easy walking distance from my house, where I like to take pictures in different seasons.

Did you stay home today?  Going to get takeout from somewhere TBD

What local business or charity did you support?   TBD

What’s for dinner? TBD

Did you stay home today?  Quick pop into market for milk

What local business or charity did you support?   Vermont Foodbank

What’s for dinner? It’s V-T Day – Victory over Turkey

Did you stay home today?  Nope, Sunday is my Danger Day. I brave Essex, Hannaford as briefly as possible, Bernice in my car, me extremely briefly in Bernice’s home. Does it totally nullify me getting my Phoenix Books & Sweet Clover orders curbside? Sigh.

What local business or charity did you support?   Purinton Xmas Tree Farm, Huntington

What’s for dinner? Turkey Joe!

But seriously folx! X helped with the pie this morning.

Yesterday:

Did you stay home today?  100%

What local business or charity did you support?   Marshfield School of Weaving – bought dishtowels from their online covid-safe Xmas sale

What’s for dinner? Leftovers

Today:

Did you stay home today?  Well duh! 100%

What local business or charity did you support?   Probably take a day off from that today, though I may be in a Black Friday online buying mood after lots of food & wine

What’s for dinner? Well duh!