A New Generation of Fan
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lydamorehouseIt's been hard to remember that it's Monday, what with boy and partner both off today. Shawn and I had plans to get over to Uncles today, but reviewing our Christmas/Solstace spending put the kibosh on that. (sads.) But, actually, it's more an issue of the things we've decided to spend our money on instead, including this fancy internets at home, a new iTouch, CSA for next year, kuk sool wan, my gym membership... so it's not like I can really complain.
Yesterday I spent the day making fun food for dinner. We had a big roast (corned beef), mashed potatoes with gravy, brocolli, and homemade kaiser buns. It was lovely, but ended up making a ton of dishes, especially since we also decided on a whim to make sand tart cookies. I just had the leftovers for lunch. Yum. Yum. Nom.
A couple of nights ago, and I don't quite remember how it started, I ended up telling Mason about an incredibly charming character that my friend and fellow writer Eleanor Arnason created for her Lydia Duluth short story series named "Three Hoots." Alas, the story "Three Hoots" appears in hasn't been published yet, but Mason has been at the coffee shop with Eleanor when she was struggling with the plot of that exact story. Anyway, it's been marvelous to hear Mason running around the house shouting, "Fierce! Fierce! Many bodies in the shadows, ready to defend!" (which is a paraphrase, but close to some of the dialogue in the story.) At any rate, I knew I had some Lydia stories arounds, so he read all of "Tomb of the Fathers" and pronounced it, "nearly as cool as Harry Potter." So, I spend a few minutes this morning searching my house of the rest of the series. I found Asimov issues that contained "Cloud Man," "Lifeline" and "Moby Quilt," but couldn't locate my copy of "Stellar Harvest" to save my soul! Hopefully, Eleanor will have an extra copy she can loan us. Mason is quite determined to read the Lydia ouevre. I'm sure he could read the other stories out of order, but he's kind of stuck on reading "Stellar Harvest" first. I couldn't find a non-pirated version of "Stellar Harvest" on-line. Am I an idiot? If you know where one is, please send me the link.
Can I say, too, how amazing it is that I can share stories with Mason that, if he has some question about, he can just ask the author? It's super-cool amazing. I don't know if he realizes *just* how super-cool amazing that is. I mean, he's growing up in a house where his ima is a published writer, so I'm sure he kind of expects that anyone can be.
But it is one of those things I always remind my students. If someone as dorky as me can get published, there's a pretty good chance you can too. Not that it's an easy road, mind. Just that it's possible.
At any rate, I've decided to try to make calzones from scratch today for dinner, so I should go check on the dough.
Yesterday I spent the day making fun food for dinner. We had a big roast (corned beef), mashed potatoes with gravy, brocolli, and homemade kaiser buns. It was lovely, but ended up making a ton of dishes, especially since we also decided on a whim to make sand tart cookies. I just had the leftovers for lunch. Yum. Yum. Nom.
A couple of nights ago, and I don't quite remember how it started, I ended up telling Mason about an incredibly charming character that my friend and fellow writer Eleanor Arnason created for her Lydia Duluth short story series named "Three Hoots." Alas, the story "Three Hoots" appears in hasn't been published yet, but Mason has been at the coffee shop with Eleanor when she was struggling with the plot of that exact story. Anyway, it's been marvelous to hear Mason running around the house shouting, "Fierce! Fierce! Many bodies in the shadows, ready to defend!" (which is a paraphrase, but close to some of the dialogue in the story.) At any rate, I knew I had some Lydia stories arounds, so he read all of "Tomb of the Fathers" and pronounced it, "nearly as cool as Harry Potter." So, I spend a few minutes this morning searching my house of the rest of the series. I found Asimov issues that contained "Cloud Man," "Lifeline" and "Moby Quilt," but couldn't locate my copy of "Stellar Harvest" to save my soul! Hopefully, Eleanor will have an extra copy she can loan us. Mason is quite determined to read the Lydia ouevre. I'm sure he could read the other stories out of order, but he's kind of stuck on reading "Stellar Harvest" first. I couldn't find a non-pirated version of "Stellar Harvest" on-line. Am I an idiot? If you know where one is, please send me the link.
Can I say, too, how amazing it is that I can share stories with Mason that, if he has some question about, he can just ask the author? It's super-cool amazing. I don't know if he realizes *just* how super-cool amazing that is. I mean, he's growing up in a house where his ima is a published writer, so I'm sure he kind of expects that anyone can be.
But it is one of those things I always remind my students. If someone as dorky as me can get published, there's a pretty good chance you can too. Not that it's an easy road, mind. Just that it's possible.
At any rate, I've decided to try to make calzones from scratch today for dinner, so I should go check on the dough.
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Date: 2011-01-18 07:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-18 05:45 pm (UTC)sand tarts
Date: 2011-01-18 08:37 am (UTC)Frank
Re: sand tarts
Date: 2011-01-18 05:50 pm (UTC)1 cup butter (or margarine)
2 cups of sugar
2 eggs
1 egg, separated
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
4 cups of all-purpose flour
cinnamon
additional sugar
Cream butter in a large mixing bowl: gradually add 2 cups of sugar, beating well. Add eggs and egg yolk; beat well. Stir in vanilla. Add flour, mix well.
Roll to 1/4 inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut with 2 1/2 inch round cutter*. Beat egg white lightly: brush over cookies. Combine cinnamon and additional sugar: sprinkle over cookies. Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet**. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks.
* or really any shape cutter. I made turtles, cardinals, rocket ships and stars.
** or line cookie sheets with parchment paper, if you have it.
Re: sand tarts
Date: 2011-01-20 12:58 am (UTC)Now I'm all hungry. I gotta move to a more Norwegian part of Oregon...
Frank