How time flies

Current schedule:

3 or 4 am -wake to baby fussing, bring baby into bed to snack

5:45 am – wake up, nudge the missus to feed the baby, snooze for 15 more minutes

6 am – 7:15 am get up, feed cats, pour coffee, start oatmeal in rice cooker, drink coffee, ready bottles and other necessities for daycare, [...]

Baby blankets

First there was this blanket for my sister’s little girl (now three):

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blankie complete, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

then there was this one for my brother’s little boy (now two and a half):

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bean soup

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dinner, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

My plan was that I was going to write more about food here. The food I cook, the food I eat, my love for food. You know what happens [...]

2008 – Welcome!

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perfect way to start the year, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

For as long as I can remember my family has eaten eggs benedict on new year’s day. I remember one year when I was 10 [...]

small places

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Those aren’t my boots!, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

In my senior year of college I went through a time of stress or depression or likely both – I can’t remember that clearly right now [...]

melancholy

I was struck this afternoon, as I suspected I might be, with some “if only”s – if only I had learned a new language, made bread every week, written down the names of all the books I read and movies I watched in these six weeks… Sigh. I’m trying to remind myself that these six [...]

cooking fools

Fall has finally come to New York, and the briskness in the air means that the missus and I are feeling the urge to cook and cook and cook. On the stove and in the oven right now – five pounds of apples boiling down to apple butter, two delicata squash roasting to be scooped [...]

there was a little girl…

I got back last night from my longest trip yet – just over a week. The missus left friday morning for a weekend visit with her mother. She’ll be back tomorrow for a half day of work and I’ll see her when we both get home tomorrow.
It’s been a long time since I had hours [...]

sunshine and lazy cats

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ear!, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

This weekend was a wonderfully lazy weekend. I got home late Friday night and we had grand plans. Saturday we planned to get up, start laundry, go to the [...]

coffee

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coffee, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

This is my coffee mug. I use it on week day mornings. I don’t even remember where or when I got it, sometime while I was in college (so [...]