[Magdalen] And away it goes....

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Reminds me of a story on Car Talk, in which a woman called in with her
problem, which was that when she operated the heater of her car, dog food
came out the heating ducts. The brothers Click and Clack absolutely lost
it, laughing at this strange image.

It turned out that things were as they suggested: The lady had a dog, and
the dog food was stored in a corner of the garage, and so forth...  The
little mousies had been enjoying this source of great food, but were also
storing it away in a secret place (so far as THEY knew) against the time of
some future famine. Unfortunately, their choice of storage location, which
turned out to be the lady's car's heating system, was now busted. Poor
little guys, just trying to get along.

I shall always have the image of dog food pouring out of the heating ducts.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I took the top off the smoker, I discovered that a pair of wee mousies
> had made a nest in it! I felt a little guilty evicting them, especially
> when one looked up at me pleadingly, but I explained to them the it wasn't
> Section 8 housing and tipped it over, spilling them and their nest out on
> the porch and sending them scuttling off in opposite directions. Well, I
> hope they find each other, but *not* in my smoker again! I did feel a bit
> as if I'd thrown Mary and Joseph (mouse-variety) out into the cold, but we
> have enough trouble with the wee beasties, and if they'd come in through
> the basement they might have faced Kali the black snake. The circle of
> life.....
>
> So the chicken is now merrily smoking away, and the sweet potatoes waiting
> to be baked. No pear kuchen got made, so we'll have some Goya coconut
> pasteles instead. Pumpkin pie is just "meh" to S/O.
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dawn, Becca and I met Dawn's sister, niece, and nephew (from Winterset,
> > Iowa) at the huge truck stop in Oak Grove, MO, and had their buffet for
> > Thanksgiving. YUMMY!  For $15.00 per person it's a deal.  They'll do it
> in
> > December from Christmas...and we'll be back.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Chicken brining here, apple chunks soaking, getting ready for a trip to
> > the
> > > electric smoker where they will repose for a couple of hours before
> > > finishing in the oven Cornbread stuffing, baked sweet potatoes, and
> gravy
> > > will finish our simple meal. I may or may not get a pear kuchen made,
> > > depending on how the other work goes; I'm working on a commission piece
> > > that absolutely, positively has to be finished by Sunday.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> > > charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > And I've just set the leek & potato soup to boil. Pumpkin for pumpkin
> > pie
> > > > has been cooked. So what's left is to put the pie together, bake it,
> > and
> > > > then roast some brussels sprouts, jerusalem artichokes & cauliflower.
> > All
> > > > the above from the garden (well, not the cauliflower). We'll go up to
> > our
> > > > neighbor's later, who is taking care of turkey, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Meanwhile, it's snowing here on the frozen tundra, so we'll have a
> > white
> > > > Thanksgiving.
> > > >
> > > > And, if anyone is trying to get to Eleanor Braun's today, they might
> > get
> > > a
> > > > tad confused:
> > > > https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/22/massdot-apologi
> > > > zes-for-cod-cape-sign-dartmouth/bpmdTMDf96Jk7maly3BcxO/story.html
> > > >
> > > > Chad Wohlers
> > > > Woodbury, VT USA
> > > > chadwohl at satucket.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message----- From: M J _Mike_ Logsdon
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 11:37 AM
> > > > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > > > Subject: [Magdalen] And away it goes....
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanksgiving dinner, that is.  Crock Pot Sausage Soup (not kielbasa,
> > for
> > > a
> > > > change), and with a special green ingredient.  I'll only give detail
> > > later,
> > > > IF it turns out okay.  It's in the tradition of the kielbasa soup
> > recipe
> > > my
> > > > mom handed off to me, but even before she became as delicate as she
> is
> > > now
> > > > I'm sure she'd fine mine today way too spicy.
> > > >
> > > > This is the first time I've actively tried to cook for going on
> months
> > > > now, that's how depressed I've been.  Maybe the 4-day weekend perked
> me
> > > up.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > If no one has told you that they love you today,
> > let me be the first.
> > brud
> >
>