2012 Goals: try recipes from the cookbooks I own/check out from the library, read books I already own and knit yarn I already have.
Day 1- a good start on all three.
Made More Vegetable Less Egg Frittata from Mark Bittman’s Food Matters Cookbook (checked out from the library). That’s some good stuff, there. Used lots of frozen veggies from the farmers market, added some cannellini beans. The online recipe doesn’t include rosemary as one of the herbs to use but the cookbook does and that’s what I used- I love rosemary and it added a really lovely flavor. Would definitely make it again.
I started reading A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich a few days ago, and am enjoying it. It was written for younger readers and definitely has a storytelling quality to it. I’m anticipating a history bender over the next few months- I’ve had some reminders of how little I know/remember.
Last night I started knitting Pogona in Madelinetosh Sock (at least I think it’s sock, I can’t find the ball band at the moment) in a deep brown. I tried starting this once before and got caught off guard with the stitch markers so knew I would need to have a bit of time to concentrate to get it set up. I like how it’s shaping up and LOVE the yarn.
We’ll see how long I keep all this up…
Moving ahead with the plan- books to read. Approximately one fiction and two non-fiction per month for a year.
The Plan
To stop feeling guilty about owning cookbooks I don’t use, books I don’t read, and yarn I haven’t knit and, well, use, read and knit them. Go date for this is January 1, although I’d like to start easing into it before then. I don’t harbor delusions that anyone will be terribly interested in these endeavors, but I will use this here Tumblr account to document them to hold myself accountable.
Now I need to decide if I need more of a plan than that- say, four new recipes a week, plot out knitting projects, make a stack of the books I really want to read soon- or just go with the flow.
YES.
I love love love this TED talk. Well worth 17 minutes of your time.
I’ll proudly call myself benevolently irrational, and work to build power around ideas, not build ideas to appease power. The common good is MY job, YOUR job and OUR job.
THIS is the Ryan Adams I’ve been missing the last few albums.
The dog of slain Petty Officer Jon Tumilson refused to leave his side during the Navy SEAL’s funeral earlier this week in Rockford, Iowa. The heartbreaking photo taken by his cousin, Lisa Pembleton, shows Tumilson’s dog Hawkeye lying by the casket. (via The Daily Treat: Animal Planet)
I cried in the 5 seconds it took me to tell Ryan about this. Heartbreaking on so many levels.
