To help me to leave all my blues behind

[sovay]

I slept about three hours last night due to the effects of accidental coffee-poisoning, but this afternoon I made an almond torte for Mother's Day and decorated it with the chocolate ducks which spatch and I picked up last night from Burdick's. I had been waiting months to show them to my mother. She loved them.



Thanks to collecting a 1969 paperback of Sherwood Anderson's Poor White (1920) from one of the little free libraries near my parents' house out of sheer curiosity, I realized that I had never encountered his work on page or screen and instead had him mentally composited from Maxwell Anderson and Robert E. Sherwood.

The coyote that trotted across my path as I walked the neighborhood after dinner was unexpected.

Comments

[muccamukk]

What a fantastic cake!

[sovay]

What a fantastic cake!

Thank you!

[gwynnega]

That is a wonderful torte.

We get coyotes in my neighborhood sometimes.

[sovay]

That is a wonderful torte.

Thank you! I am in fact very pleased with how it turned out. I had never made one before.

We get coyotes in my neighborhood sometimes.

I don't think I had ever been so close to one. It trotted directly away from me around the next house. It had a wild smell.

[chanter1944]

Completely unrelated to anything except a moment of joy I suspect you'll appreciate, I was watching the Eurovision jury voting, after the fact, earlier today, having been thoroughly spoiled for the winner and yet wanting to see all the multilingual spectacle and warm fuzzies for myself. The presentation reached the UK, and who should turn up as the person designated to award a certain 12 points? I yelped, "Oh, Sapphire! It's Sapphire!" several times, in sheer delighted squee.

She still manages accents and languages, and effortless switches between them, with a fluidity I envy.

[sovay]

and who should turn up as the person designated to award a certain 12 points? I yelped, "Oh, Sapphire! It's Sapphire!" several times, in sheer delighted squee.

I had no idea! That's wonderful. Thank you for telling me.

She still manages accents and languages, and effortless switches between them, with a fluidity I envy.

The diplomat!

[chanter1944]

I thought you'd appreciate that one. :)


The diplomat!

And the excellent medium. :)

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Those chocolate duckies are adorable! And I haven't read Poor White, but I really like Winesburg, Ohio, so now I'm curious about it.

[sovay]

Those chocolate duckies are adorable!

They had very sweet faces, which fortunately did not interfere with their being delicious.



And I haven't read Poor White, but I really like Winesburg, Ohio, so now I'm curious about it.

I will try to remember to report back. What do you like about Winesburg, Ohio? I know it only by reputation.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I like Winesburg, Ohio because of its multiple voices, the way it chronicles small moments in the characters' lives and their realities and desires and loneliness--some personal, some collective. I especially like the way in which the stories intertwine, and the way they are told, even when the characters don't seem to have the words. This has made me want to re-read it!

[sovay]

I especially like the way in which the stories intertwine, and the way they are told, even when the characters don't seem to have the words.

That does sound good!

[landingtree]

What a pleasing cake!

[sovay]

What a pleasing cake!

Thank you! I was heavily assisted by the chocolate.

[nineweaving]

The cake looks utterly delectable.

Nine

[sovay]

The cake looks utterly delectable.

It was pretty seriously delected. (And the recipe is not complicated, it just requires time and elbows.)

[pameladean]

Those ducks! What a find! I love the blue stream for them to paddle in.

P.

[sovay]

Those ducks! What a find! I love the blue stream for them to paddle in.

Thank you!

[lokifan]

Incredible cake & ducks, I'm glad your mum liked it!

[sovay]

Incredible cake & ducks, I'm glad your mum liked it!

Thank you!

(Understood!)

[thisbluespirit]

I slept about three hours last night due to the effects of accidental coffee-poisoning, but this afternoon I made an almond torte for Mother's Day

Oh, dear! Congratulations on nevertheless achieving admirable cake/torte, though. ♥

The coyote that trotted across my path as I walked the neighborhood after dinner was unexpected.

!!!

[sovay]

Congratulations on nevertheless achieving admirable cake/torte, though.

Thank you! I hope to make it again, in better-slept circumstances.

[mrissa]

Oh lovely, what a lovely torte.

[sovay]

Oh lovely, what a lovely torte.

Thank you!

[asakiyume]

The most delicious of ducks in a row.

Hail, coyote!

[sovay]

The most delicious of ducks in a row.

I had one at my limit of chocolate. It was blackcurrant inside.

Hail, coyote!

The trickster trotting the bounds.

[aurumcalendula]

That's such a cute torte!

[sovay]

That's such a cute torte!

Thank you! I was so happy about the ducks.

[rinue]

Awww that cake looks delicious! "Go to Burdicks" has been on my ToDo list for a few months now; it's been too long.

[sovay]

Awww that cake looks delicious! "Go to Burdicks" has been on my ToDo list for a few months now; it's been too long.

They have bees right now, too.

Thank you!