Three Pasta Variations
Neal @ March 3, 2010 # No Comment Yet
ANN LIKES FETTUCINI, I LIKE angel hair. We compromise, but where she tosses hers with broccoli and cheese I prefer a more piquant accompanage. For the last two nights (and, at this writing and G?d willing, tonight), my preference has been/is to begin with a base of olive oil and garlic. (The secret is to [...]
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Rainy Day Equation
Neal @ January 21, 2010 # No Comment Yet
SEMI-FERAL CAT, PLUS FORCED CONFINEMENT, divided by ping-pong ball, equals nothing else.
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And Now, A Word From (One Of) Our Sponsor(s)
Neal @ August 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
AS SOME VERY GOOD PEOPLE have been very good to Ann & I during our Long Medical Night, I’d like to partly return the favor – and, hopefully, benefit the 30 or so people who read this blog.
In addition to being gracious hosts, entertaining guests and generally all-around wonderful folk, Marty and Laura Clein run [...]
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Three Haiku
Neal @ August 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Sonoma Plaza.
Northwest corner, random stroll…
is that a fiddle?
Morris dancers leapt
today, where two Jews a month
ago laid tefillin.
Hearts converge, divide,
laughing beneath the same trees.
Sonoma. My town.
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Interruption, With Muffins
Neal @ July 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
THIS IS TO EVERYONE WHO’S been wondering about my ongoing health in light of recent tests thereof. (If you’re not one of them, please read something else):
The good news: Nothing appears seriously wrong with my intestines or either surgical site.
The bad news: The symptoms remain — chronic abdominal pain radiating to my back, with occasional [...]
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