I finally read The Love Artist by Jane Alison. It’s been on my bookshelf for awhile. For some reason, I have an interest in Ovid, thought I’ve only heard of him and haven’t read much by him, in Latin or English, except the occasional poem or excerpt. This book had a startling originality in places, [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Pondering Ovid
Posted in books on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My signature salad
Posted in Recipes on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been awhile since I posted a recipe. Here is my new favorite salad:
Pear Salad
Use Bosc pears, two, diced. Combine with 4 cups mixed greens and/or baby spinach. Add toasted walnuts and crumbled gorgonzola.
For the dressing: combine 1 T Balsamic vinegar and 1 T honey with 1/2 T fresh lemon juice, 3 T olive oil and [...]
Another from down under
Posted in books on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking of trying a Peter Carey novel, especially since I so like his fellow Australian Peter Temple’s mystery novels, so I picked up His Illegal Self from the library last time I was there. I also seem to recall that John Updike is a fan, and while I don’t really like Updike’s fiction [...]
