My World this Week

Sigh... when my kids were little.

Computer time has been limited so this is a two-week (kinda') edition of My World this Week.

During this time we have had a big snowfall, a smaller snowfall, flurries, and a very short warm up.  But warmer temperatures are in our long range forecast and my husband reminded me we have a sure sign of spring... ants in the kitchen!   Yeah, I know.  Some people see daffodils as the first sign of spring.

So... here is what has been happening in my world through the lens of a camera.

Reading

I finished the novel, Sarah Morris Remembers by D. E. Stevenson.  Absolutely loved it!  The story helped me understand a little what those living in England (particularly London) went through during WWII.  I'd love to read the sequel and will have to see if I can get it through inter-library loan.

I'm currently re-reading Bread &Wine, slowly this time and enjoying every chapter.  Info about it... here.*  One of my all time favorite books.  We know the author and her family spends summers in the same Michigan town where we will all be staying this summer.  Just saying... I've promised Stephanie not to do any stalking.

When I dropped off books for the library sale last week at the library near campus, I checked to see if their "Friends of the Library" book sale room was open.  This library only has a couple big sales a year but they keep many donated books in this room for year round sales.  It is run by volunteers so it isn't always open but this time... yeah, it was!

I love perusing their shelves as the books are very reasonably priced.  The jewel I came away with this time (for I think $3.00) was Saving Leonardo by Nancy Pearcey, one of my favorite worldview authors.  I've wanted this book for ages and can't wait to read it.  Further information can be found... here.

Beast Tech is actually my  husband's book but I picked it up and found it fascinating. Even if the front is rather scary looking.  It is about biometrics and how they may relate to eschatology.  I just started the first chapter and it is very easy to read, even for the non-science person of the family.  Further info... here.

Cookbook Love

I have had Jerusalem on my Wish List since it was first published.  But other priorities got in the way of making a purchase.  Two things happened this month... there were less expensive volumes available on Publisher's overruns and I was given a couple dozen packages of chickpeas... and I knew this book had a lot of recipes using them.

It also goes along with my passion for Middle Eastern food.  Since Christopher got married and works full time... our lunches at our favorite Middle Eastern restaurants are few and far between.

It is fabulous.  If you have not heard about it, it is by two men who own a restaurant in London.  They met there even though they were born the same year and grew up in Jerusalem at the same time.  For you see... one is Jewish and the other is Palestinian.  And this book reflects both the Jewish and Arab sections of the city.

No wonder there was such an outcry about its' beauty and the great recipes on culinary blogs and websites.  It will end up as one of the top ten cookbooks in my collection... perhaps top five!  For further info, click on over... here.*

Cooking

My mother made this dish and all these years later, I am still making it.  I call it Boiled Midwestern Dinner.

It is similar to New England boiled dinner but my son-in-law reminded me it cannot truthfully be called such because it has kielbasa instead of corned beef.  ;)

And, yes... I use those Christmas plates all year round.  They are big and they are cheerful.

Watching

My favorite scene from this year's Downton Abbey!

Tea Time

My daughter in law gave me a variety of new-to-me teas at Christmas.  They have been delicious!

Neighbors

It is fun to walk past the forest and see all the little furry creature tracks.  So far there have been no Bigfoot sightings.

Brrrr...

I do hope this scene will soon be behind us.  It has been interesting to walk down the gravel road and across this County road to get the newspaper or the mail this winter.  Ice.  Snow.

Her Fluffiness

Here she is, Miss Victoria, checking out the "new" plant my friend gave me.

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