A little flower power

It has been Hot and Dry this year but we have still had lots of beautiful flowers here at OakMeadows.

Goals for the Week

Goals for Week Ending Saturday, August 17, 2013

Retirement

     Finish budget--done. 

Home

     Make appointment for grandfather clock repair

     Finish painting plant stand

Quilting

     Block #9--done. 

Garden

     Clean front porch--done. 

     Repot succulent--done. 

Reading

     Centennial by James Mitchner (audio cd)--in progress. 

     The Africa House by Christina Lamb--in progress. 

     Tales from the Underground by David Wolfe --Finished. Excellent!!

     Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns--coming from library. 

Cooking

     4 dinners--done. 

     Muffins--done. 

Personal

     Museum of Fine Arts 

Raspberry-Walnut Muffins

Raspberry Walnut Muffins

1 cup fresh raspberries, clean & halved if large

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup granulated sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

Dash of salt

1 large egg

3/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons milk

1/4 cup melted butter

1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Cinnamon sugar (optional)

Heat oven to 400 degrees. 

Grease and flour a 12 cup muffin pan. 

Rinse and drain raspberries. 

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. 

In another smaller bowl, whisk milk and egg.  Add the milk and egg mixture to the dry ingredients along with the melted butter.  Mix lightly to combine, just until ingredients are moistened. Batter will be somewhat lumpy. 

Sprinkle raspberries and nuts over the batter and gently fold into the batter. 

Spoon into the prepared muffin pans. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on tops if desired. 

Bake 18-21 minutes until cake tester comes out clean. 

Cool on wire rack for 5-10 minutes before removing muffins from pans. 

Meditation

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” 

― Dr. Seuss

Searching for Sugarman

Never heard of Rodriguez? Me either.  Google Sixto Rodriguez or better yet listen to his songs on You Tube. But then watch the DVD Searching for Sugarman on Netflix. Wow!! I was blown away by his music. The Bob Dillon that you never heard until now. 

Goals for Next Week

Goals for Week Ending Saturday, August 10, 2013

Retirement

      Meeting with Fidelity 11/6/13 @ 4:30--done

Home

     Make appointment for grandfather clock repair--still not done. Ack!

     Finish painting plant stand--still not done. Ack!

Quilting

     Block #8--done. 

Garden

      Keep up with watering--done.   

Reading

     Centennial by James Mitchner (audio cd)--I am on CD #27. 

     Spiritual Ecology by Thich Nhat Hahn--Finished. 

     Tales from the Underground by David Wolfe--Finished. Excellent!!

     Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss--didn't finish, just wasn't interesting. 

     The Priory by Dorothy Whipple--This still hasn't come from amazon.com

Cooking

     4 dinners--done. 
Personal
     Make appointment for annual physical--done. 9/11/13 at 1:30. 

What the Heck Is Going on with NPR??

Until about 3 years ago our local NPR station was classical music with Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Marketplace daily.  About 3 years ago, KUHF made the change to all news/talk. Well, I thought I had died and gone to Heaven.  Diane Rehm, Talk of the Nation, On Point, and others that were just down my alley.  It was too good to last. 

KUHF seems to have taken a stupid pill or something. Here's a list of some of the stupid pop culture programs that they are presenting now:

     The Dinner Party

     Bullseye

     WITS

     Ask Me Another

     Says You

It's like an audio People magazine.  And they completely canceled Talk of the Nation.  

What the heck is going on??