7/13/13
be afraid
I will use my voice, gesture emphatically;
I may even frown.
killing is wrong, except when it is not.
however , a warning shot is 20 years.
maybe because she could have used a tampon?
cucumber martinis ( all mom’s fault)
No , really. she started me thinking about them…
so I took a bunch of cucumbers and ran them in the blender with the juice of a lemon and a pinch of salt.
I strained the juice ( I’ll use the pulp for taziki ) and added to pinches of sugar to balance everything. We did a little taste testing and decided 1 part gin to two part juice. Yes, you could do vodka, but gin added t o the flavor – which , in this case, is very important. Chill.
When ready to serve – pour in a glass top with sparkling water.
Very refreshing, not sweet.
my understanding is that vodka cucumber martinis are made with simple syrup. this was actually really good, and just juice cut with seltzer might have been really good. If I had any cucumbers left….
books for june 2013
A corner of white Jacklyn Morarity (LB) review
Throw out fifty things : clear the clutter, find your life Gail Blanke (LB) Yes , a book on decluttering – but in the approach taken by the author – there is a reason you aren’t getting rid of stuff and in the course of tossing 50 things – you learn why you aren’t throwing things out, and how to continue throwing things out. I liked it.
Masque of the Red Death Bethany Griffin (lb) well I was hoping to love it – but the creepy parts weren’t creepy enough. It went on a little long, and there are more books. Not bad, just not as good as I wanted it to be
Nine lives of Chloe King (LB) 3 books in one. A girl that is part cat or a cat person. The first one was – an introduction , if the second and thirdhadn’t been included I wouldn’t have gone looking. But they got much better.
finished through part 9 in gooseberry bluff and part 3 in Indexing
so 5 for june and 35 for the year
