forestofglory

Eating: I've been sick this week so I've been drinking endless cups of ginger tea. Also we went out to Chinese for lunch the other day an I had big bowl of chicken noodle soup. Great food for recovering.

Reading: Being sick has decreased my focus but I did reread "The Dark Lord of Derkholm" which I had forgotten the plot of --but the characters where just a wonderful as I remembered. Oh and now that I'm on the mend I started Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer which I'm enjoying so far.

Making: Be doing a pit of piecing for a quilt I've been working on for a long time. I sew a few blocks a month an then go work on another project. But someday my friend will have a nice lap quilt with chickens on it.

Eating: I tried a new recipe last night: mushroom marsala pasta bake I used sherry instead of marsala because sherry is something we keep around and marsala isn't. Anyways I thought it came out super tasty so I was pleased with it. I've been realizing that part of why I'm having trouble finding new things to cook is that my household has a lot of conflicting dietary needs and preferences.

Reading: I recently finished Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn, which was very charming. A good thing to read when I needed some cheering up.

Making: Still working on the dress for me. Its slow going. At lest sewing is a good excuse for listening to podcasts. I also cut out a baby present for some friends that I want to finish up next month.

I haven't been posting much hear beyond the occasional short fiction recs. I'd like to get back to posting more. I've gotten into a bit a a perfectionist stint not wanting to post thing just thrown together and feeling extra self-conscious about making spelling mistakes in public. (I have learning disability so I make lots of spelling mistakes -- thank goodness for spellcheck.) So to help with all that I'm starting a new weekly project: Eating, Reading, Making. For this project I'll post a bit about what I've been eating, reading and making during the last week. Some weeks I might write a couple of paragraphs, some weeks just a couple of words. We'll see how it goes.

Eating: Its the time of year I switch form eating cold cereal to oatmeal in the mornings. I eat cold cereal while good fresh fruit is available then oatmeal with golden raisins during the colder months.

Reading: The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty -- this deeply personal history of southern food is really good. Its pretty dark in places because a lot of the history of southern food is also the history of slavery.

Making: I've been making a Halloween costume for my kid. Its a Robot. I am using this dress pattern as base and a making the panels different grays and I've sewn on some solid colored squares to look like buttons. I think it will be cute.

What have you been eating, reading or making recently?