We would ski at Telluride if we could, lots of Texans at Purgatory.

I'd have guessed there were more Texans in gehenna. Speaking
of which, it was 103 at Lilli's yesterday and only about 90
in Texas Hill Country..

We were told that Durango was the only Colorado ski area that people

from Texas

could drive to without going over a pass. Here...upper 60's, maybe

lower 70's.

Well, my Texas people used to fly, so Aspen and
Vail were not closed to them. I never figured out why
people were so eager to screw up their knees and
ankles for forever just for the chance to feel a cold
wind in their face for a few minutes.

In other words, typical summer weather. Thanks to all the computers I

keep

the sliding glass door to the balcony open 24X7, the baseboard heat hasn't kicked on since sometime in April.

Are those things minting money yet?

They are kind of cool, plus they have these things
called "books" that you can use during a power outage.

Scotty loaned me two of them the other day...I started one and realized

that I

needed to set a placemark. Scrabbled around and found one that I got

as a gift

from the tour director in Italy, nice leather one from Florence. Now

I'm under

pressure to finish them in the next couple of weeks, before the picnic

on the

29th.

I'd have considered inviting myself, but Nicholas's
commemorations are then - I'm invited to the memorial
dinner, put together by his sister and b-i-l, but not
to the scattering of the ashes, which is from Lee's boat.

Ah, a congressman who missed his calling.

He did seem quite proud of that accomplishment. Although to be

Congressional

about it he should have said "I have never, knowingly, violated..."

Ah, too candid still to be a politician.

No need to get good tickets next spring, I can no longer
see the games even on television.

I've noticed. I'll use that website and start putting more emphasis on

shade.

Closeness to the field shouldn't matter to
Mr. Eagle-eyes, and as far as my vision is
concerned we could just as well be at a
hockey game.

Speaking of handicap placards...I left mine in the door pocket down in

Arizona.

Oh well.

If Lilli gets hers, which she qualifies for, I'll
give you my old one (going to expire soon, but
as has been pointed out, nobody checks).

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

Title: Elizabethan Orange Tart
Categories: Desserts
Servings: 8

1 10" shortcrust pastry case
-- thoroughly blind-bakec
2 Thin-skinned oranges
Honey and sugar
Stick cinnamon
Ground cinnamon
Allspice
1/4 pt Double cream
1/4 lb Fromage blanc (or see note)
-OR- Low-fat soft cheese
2 tb Ground almonds

Measure 2 tablespoons sugar into a bowl and stir in 4 tablespoons boiling
water. Add a cinnamon stick and 1/4 pint cold water. Scrub the oranges,
flute the peel lightly with a citrus zester and slice the fruit thinly,
discarding the ends. Remove pips (seeds), put the orange slices into the
sweetened water and leave to soak overnight. Next day, turn the oranges
and their liquid into a saucepan. Cover and cook very gently for about 30
minutes. Carefully turn the slices once they cook. Lift the cooked orange
slices from the pan one at a time, shaking to let the syrup drip back
into
the pan, and put them on a rack to drain and become cold. Remove the
cinnamon stick, then boil the syrup until reduced to a few sticky
spoonfuls. Cool slightly then stir in the 1 tablespoon honey. Assemble
the
tart just before serving. First sprinkle the ground almonds over the base
of the cold pastry shell. Sweeten and flavour the soft cheese by stirring
into it 1 teaspoon or so of honey and a little each of ground cinnamon
and
allspice. Whip the cream, fold in the sweetened and flavoured cheese,
then
spoon this mixture into the pastry shell. Arrange the orange slices on
top, overlapping them slightly in decorative circles, and glaze with the
gently re-warmed syrup.

Source: Philippa Davenport in "Country Living" (British), May 1987.
Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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Are those things minting money yet?

Nah, running boinc (rosetta, world community, seti, einstein, and universe). Work is dependent on processor, mix of Intel, AMD, and Raspberry Pi's. Used to
run other projects but they've completed. That and generating heat, saving the
coop money on our heating bill.

I'd have considered inviting myself, but Nicholas's
commemorations are then - I'm invited to the memorial
dinner, put together by his sister and b-i-l, but not
to the scattering of the ashes, which is from Lee's boat.

You would have been welcome. I put some of Connie's ashes into the Kenai River
there at Rose & Scotty's in Funny River (yeah I know strange name...but then rumor has it that Chicken Alaska is named that because nobody knew how to spell
Ptarmigan). I'm headed for the lake in an hour or so. The fixit guys are supposed to show up today. I told them to let themselves in, they're going to patch on some minor earthquake damage I spotted, small cracks in the paint around a couple of windows.

If Lilli gets hers, which she qualifies for, I'll
give you my old one (going to expire soon, but
as has been pointed out, nobody checks).

No need. The last use I had for it up here was to take a woman to the store, she was using a walker to get around here in the building and didn't drive so she was dependent on cabs/social services transport. Last winter she took a turn for the worse and has moved to an assisted living place. I used it down in Phoenix so we wouldn't end up parking in Tucson or Gila Bend (depending on which side of town the stadium was on). Connie and I stopped at a A&W in Gila Bend one time (towing the 5thwheel from Apache Junction to Yuma), years later we stopped again (going from Yuma to Jacksonville FL). It had closed.

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