1. In her 2012 novel, Tom All-Alone's, named after the impoverished, disease-ridden, filthy neighborhood in Bleak House (1852-53), Lynn Shepherd says she's written a book that occupies the space (not sure what that means yet) between Bleak House and Wilkie Collins' mystery novel, The Woman in White (1859). Today, Shepherd's and Collins' books arrived in the mail from Better World Books. I am eager to embark on reading another thick Victorian novel and then turning to Lynn Shepherd's contemporary work, a much slimmer volume, and find out what tale she tells, set in her version of 1850 London.
2. I mentioned Bridgit Lacy yesterday when writing about a Zoom session I enjoyed with longtime Whitworth friends. Soon after we wrapped up that session, Bridgit jumped over to an online open mic sponsored by a Facebook group, Cultivating Voices. Bridgit's poetry is wry, intelligent, and easy to listen to -- wonderfully accessible. Her poems are tightly crafted and her observations and insights reflect her dry wit. Bridgit loves the music of language and I had a wonderful time listening to her read her poems. Her reading voice and the tone and lyricism of her poems compliment each other beautifully. I'll go back and listen this reading repeatedly.
I wish I could provide a link to this reading outside of Facebook. I have posted her reading on my Facebook page and if you are a Facebook friend of mine you can find her reading there.
3. I had a great time this afternoon fixing a green curry for Debbie and me. I started out by sauteeing cubed tofu and crushed garlic in sesame and vegetable oil, took out the tofu, and then sauteed an onion with some fresh ginger. I pushed back the onion half-rings and the ginger and heated up a plug of green curry paste.
In a separate bowl, I combined coconut milk, fresh squeezed lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, and brown sugar and scooped the green curry paste plug out of the Dutch oven and added it in and mixed it all together.
I added the tofu and garlic back in with the onion and ginger, added a small bag of frozen green beans and poured the curry sauce over the top, and let it cook on a low heat for over forty-five minutes.
I made a batch of brown rice to go in a bowl underneath the green curry sauce and Debbie and I enjoyed our flavorful dinner.
June 9th is National Donald Duck Day and Stu commemorated the occasion with a limerick:
Mark Twain had a fellow named “Huck”!
The Patriots' path changed with a “tuck”!
Fortunes it seems,
Comes from work and held dreams.
Like Walt Disney and his famous Duck.
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