Wet, Windy, And Dreary

Nick, Aundraya, And Our Great Grandson Rhys

7:18

7:42

It's just 8:00 and I have been up since 6:45, reading the NYTimes Washington Post, and looking at Facebook, and the many photos from the Robert College Reunion. 

Yesterday it drizzled on and off most of the day. Because of the rain, I didn't get into the water until after publishing the blog, thinking the rain had stopped. But within 10 minutes of kayaking around 10:00, it started to pour so I had to cut my paddling short. So we had a long, drawn-out coffee, reading and listening to the various pundits on CNN, spewing mostly depressing news about the election. Kamala's surge has ebbed and Drumpt is gaining voters in the swing states. I feel sorry for America if he wins. At 11:00, I drove to Mayville, to Tops grocery to pick up some things for our dinner. The store was practically empty unlike Wegmans on Sundays which always seemed crowded. 

Around 1:00, we got our act together and Evie made us a delicious breakfast, a Turkish omelet called menemen, with eggs, feta cheese, and tomatoes. We watched CBS Sunday morning, then some of the Browns game. I had enough after the first quarter and read and napped, my usual afternoon. Meanwhile, Evie made a "New Neighbor" cake for our dessert, filling the house with a sweet aroma. The rest of the afternoon I either watched some football or read and Evie did the same once the cake was out of the oven.

Late Sunday Afternoon

By 5:00, we had enough TV and relaxed in the living room with a glass of wine, looking out at a gray, wet fall Sunday afternoon. By 6:00, we were ready to make our dinner, a highly recommended NYTimes recipe called Gochujang Buttered Noodles. Basically, it's spaghetti with a sauce made up of lots of butter, 12 cloves of finely chopped garlic, vinegar, honey, and a 1/4 cup of Korean Gochujang paste, not sauce, Once the ingredients simmered and thickened a bit, Evie poured it over the noodles, stirred vigorous and added salt, pepper and cut up scallions. We loved it even though it had quite a kick from the Gochujang paste and there's enough leftover for lunch or a side for dinner. We watched another hilarious Real Time With Bill Maher, the highlight recently of our week. Then, we watched some home improvement shows, a bit of Sunday Night Football before bed. 

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