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One Week Ago!

Barb and Mike Cassell

6:45

Up at 6:45, with streaks of pink off in the sky above Bemus Point.  Mostly cloudy other wise, no snow in the past twenty four hours, a typical 24º degrees outside, though it will get in the 30's later in the day.  No plans so far for the day, perhaps a hike in the woods late morning.

Yesterday was a nice, easy, relaxing Sunday, not a lot we had to do, so we (mostly me), did nothing.  Evie made a bread recipe from the past, an Italian country bread, with a biga which she started yesterday morning.  It's fairly easy to make, but you have to let it rise for a number of times.  It turned out well, tasty and crusty, unlike mine.  She also put together a dish of chicken thighs, with the tomatoes she roasted last fall, jalapenos, hominy, onions, assorted spices.  She put it in the oven, let it slow cook, filling the kitchen with good smells most of the day.

Our good friends from Hudson, Mike and Barb Cassell, stopped over around noon.  They had spent the weekend at Holiday Valley, in Ellicottville, and visiting relatives because Barb grew up in Jamestown.  We had not seen them since the fall, perhaps summer, so we had lots to catch up on, both about Hudson and Reserve, and their two sons, one at junior at NYU, the other a sophomore at Reserve.  They are both the same, fun to talk with, making us laugh because Mike always has good stories. We miss not seeing them more often.  They stayed till abut 1:30, then drove back to Hudson. I watched Ohio State beat Michigan State late afternoon, rather than going for a walk, a bad boy.

We had the chicken for dinner, with the great sauce, the most difficult part of a dish I think,  and Evie's bread for dipping as we watched the painful 'red carpet' interviews before the Oscars, then the Oscar's themselves.  No real surprises, I suppose.  I felt Zero Dark Thirty was a much better film then Argo, but Argo was the hot film the last few weeks.  And I preferred Jessica Chastain to Jennifer Lawrence for best actress, but what do I know. One thing I would like to know is how to see some of the short films and documentaries that they talked about.  They never appear in theaters, and only a few seem to pop up on Netflix.   The musical number from Les Miserables was great, as was Adele and Barbara Streisand.  Like most of us, I was bored with all the technological and cinematographic awards, mostly interested in the actor awards. I have to admit to not staying up for the entire show, preferring my book.