It's definitely winter. I've been trying to keep up with a winter CSA share from Featherstone Farm, with a lot of help from my friends. Today is cold enough for roasting a funky-looking kohlrabi of immense proportions and some golden beets. Yesterday was squash tofu Thai curry soup in the crockpot, a nice end to a long day of work, running at the gym, and having to take a convoluted combination of bus and lightrail home. Before that, turnip, daikon, parsnip, potato mash and fennel chicken worked well.
I have to make an apple pie and vanilla ice cream to fulfill a fundraiser auction item for the Combined Federal Campaign, and then it's Thanksgiving stuffed squash and Quorn roast. Then no more eating til January 1, or until the next CSA share pickup...
Luckily, I've also been busy trail running, tuning up for a food bank fundraiser 10k for Thanksgiving, and weight training a little, recovering from a botched half marathon in Mankato, MN. I got off course and only did 10.5 miles, but I think it kept me from injuring myself, so theoretically I've accepted this as yet another failed half attempt. Ready to cut off the bad muscles, except I need something to sit on...
The lack of much to say here stems from having started Neil Stephenson's 1,000+ page Reamde while furloughed, then being sent back to work within a week because I am, of course, essential. The book is awesome, I can barely put it down, except I constantly have to... It's sucking up all my free time, such as that is, but in a good way. Classic cyberpunk subject matter, thriller style, and timely observations about technology, globalization, and practical economics. Or something. Highly recommended, if you can make the time or don't mind reading the same book for months.
Oh yeah, I also went to DC to see the folks, bro, niece and nephew, and Air and Space, of course. Then to NC to watch the GF run the OBX (Outer Banks marathon to the uncool, apparently.) Pix and more later.
