The best part of the season is the food. So many delicious seasonal comfort foods, from soups and casseroles to pies and cider... just thinking about fall, one can almost imagine the warm smell of cinnamon and apples wafting through the cool crisp air. We went apple-picking in October, like we do every year, and we're almost through with the 20 lb bag of apples. Lately I've turned from apples to cranberries - I have been in the kitchen (barefoot!) almost every night this week making sauces and muffins. My back hurts and I get cranky after 11pm, but it's well worth it. There's something about the cool weather that makes the kitchen so inviting, and me its (sometimes) willing slave.
I've also been diligent with my needle 'n yarn! Been working on two concurrent projects - Project HubbyScarf and Project FuzzyScarf.
HubbyScarf and FuzzyScarf
The former is a simple green ribbed scarf for E that matches his coat. (Amateur knitters make simple scarves.) The latter, a purple variegated scarf, is a treat for myself, made of the softest yarn imaginable - so soft that all you want to do is cuddle with it. It almost feels like cashmere, until you peek under the label and it says 'acrylic fiber blend'. Yes, plain ole' acrylic, meaning it probably contains vinyl acetate, which has endocrine-disrupting phthalates. Imagine, a toxic cancer wrap around my neck. But it's so soft! It's a blissfully soft toxic wrap that feels like a cloud.
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Thoughts du jour:
* The market is upsetting. When I was younger, I used to think it's funny when people say that being an adult means constantly worrying about money. Well, I guess it's not so funny anymore, and in fact quite sobering. Major sux0rz.
* For that matter, the state of the world is pretty upsetting too.
* I haven't touched my piano in weeks, and the guilt is starting to bite. I had grand plans to read all the Czerny I have, but instead I'm slowly unlearning the pieces I already know, from lack of practice. Sigh.
* On a lighter note, we went to a Bhangra competition last weekend - cool stuff! It must be tons of fun being in a synchronized dance group.
Speaking of synchronized dancing, I found this video of some young Singaporean kids busting out mad dance moves; they must only be 13 or 14 years old, but they're definitely more polished than even the groups I've seen in college. Check it out:
(They even have a blog! Dang, some of them are still in Primary School!)
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