Don Foreman wrote:
I actually made some chips today, first "normal" thing I've done for a
month. (Doing taxes and settling an estate is not "normal".) A
friend and neighbor at the lake wanted some clamps made to hold a
special ladder to his dock. They use it to enter the water from the
dock to go swimming.

Sad for folks who never take the opportunity to make something!


(...)

The longest part of an all-day (or multi-day) journey is the first
two hours.

Ain't that the truth!

(...)

I tried out the new veggie steamer and rice cooker last evening.
Excellent! The rice cooker made perfect rice with no operator
intervention. The veggie steamer overcooked the asparagus but it was
uniformly overcooked. I just need to back off the time a bit. Nuked
aspergrass is never cooked uniformly; the stems or stalks are
underdone when the heads are done to overdone. Steam is better.
Countertop appliance is better than stovetop for me because it has a
timer; I can be outside grilling stuff and the steamer will shut
itself off at a preset time.

I'm using my new electric grill/panini maker outside to cook
bacon or ground beef. That keeps the atmosphere in the house
agreeable.

Still takin' things one day at a time. Some days are better than
others.

And that is quite normal.

You sound more positive overall and that is a great thing!

--Winston