by Sam Tackeff | Nov 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s Saturday, and I’m still working to exercise my writing muscles. Haven’t given up yet! Just a brief hello because I have a date with a book and my pillow. I started The Girl in the Spiders Web last night, and if I don’t pass out in the next 20 minutes, I’ll finish it.
I sat down to meal plan this morning and got about two bullets in before getting distracted – so we’ll be finishing that up tomorrow. I did end up cooking off a batch of collard greens with pancetta. I had about a month’s worth of collard greens from the farm that I had mostly forgotten about. (Thank goodness for vegetable drawers that actually keep things crisp.) I just crisped up some pancetta cubes and an onion, and added about a pound of chopped collards and some water, and let it cook down for 45 minutes.
I spent the better part of the day reading, until we went on a brief excursion to the pet store for some necessities, and then came home to put together dinner: ground beef, cabbage, and tomatoes, simmered until the cabbage had softened, and served with dill and yogurt.
We watched a documentary about Backstreet Boys on Palladia tonight. While I’d nearly forgotten that Lou Pearlman put together Backstreet Boys, then N’Sync, and went to prison for a multi-million dollar ponzi scheme, I have NOT forgotten any of the words to the songs. It was definitely interesting, until I managed to accidentally change the channel and lose the last 20 minutes that were being saved on the DVR. Alas.
Tomorrow, I race!
by Sam Tackeff | Nov 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
1. I refrained from taking this home from the library, but I thought it was topical for a food blog. In hunting on Amazon I noticed there were something like 400 cookbooks for dogs, including one by the legendary Judith Jones. So… Maybe that’s my cookbook angle…
2. This is one of Oprah’s favorite items on Amazon. I’m just going to leave this right here.
by Sam Tackeff | Nov 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s just barely before midnight, so I’m about to put myself to bed. But I promised to linger here for a few minutes every day in November, so I’m doing my duty to myself, my brain, the words that have been asking to get out onto the page, and I’m showing up.
Puptron had a long day – as did I.
I got a special delivery from Sephora. I’m not usually fussy with my face, but I needed some spa-type face masks because I’m inspired lately to indulge in these things at home.
My mother enjoyed a wonderful afternoon with her grand-dog while I was out and about. We haven’t spent to much time apart yet (me and the pup), and she did a great job putting my crazy puppy parent anxiety at ease.
I got to treat her to lunch at home – an omelet, roasted eggplant, fennel salad with raita and gouda. She came with the roasted eggplant and gouda, so really, she was treating me!
I finished reading #Girlboss.
Dinner was salad, grilled chicken, and mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes came from Whole Foods. No shame – I’m happy with semi-home made when it means dinner in 15 minutes… and really any excuse to have some mashed potatoes.
There was a small slice of almond cream cake for dessert.
The weather was in the 70s on November 5th.
New England, you confuse me.
by Sam Tackeff | Nov 4, 2015 | Books
Here’s a public intention:
I’d like to commit to an hour a day reading throughout November. This means an hour a day that I’m not spending watching television. (Caveat that books on tape count, in my book.)
I read fiction to escape. Particularly Swedish mysteries, young adult novels, and other fast paced books. I also like literature that makes me think critically. I like the hard stuff, but it takes me a while to get through.
I read to learn. I read to grow.
I read nonfiction business books, because for every book I read, I latch on to a golden nugget, and drive myself into action.
I like the blog the millions. Do you know it?
For the past several years, I’ve used Goodreads.com to organize my reading. Today I re-organized my shelves with some inspiration from a few friends. I added several categories including business, design, psychology, tech startups, and writing. I also added two categories for female and male authors. My goal is to have the tally swing towards female authors by the end of the year.
Tonight I have a date with #Girlboss before I go to bed. What are you reading?
by Sam Tackeff | Nov 3, 2015 | Books
If you can’t find me, I’ll be curled up with these for the next foreseeable future. I think that’s about 1500 pages of reading right there.
