by kuri | Jun 21, 2020 | Cats, Japan, Personal Reflections
Last year on the summer solstice, The Hill Sisters played some shows as part of Make Music Upper Perk. This year, we are separated by travel restrictions. But I decided I needed to perform anyway – the HILL SISTER Plays Alone – and set up a one woman show...
by kuri | Jun 16, 2020 | Creativity, Household, Personal Reflections
by kuri | Jun 15, 2020 | Cats, Food, Personal Reflections
Helper. Plums, harvested Indian pickles in oil Spiced ume-zing jam Plum BBQ sauce (very sour, but still ok) Guardians of the remaining plums
by kuri | May 8, 2020 | Personal Reflections
While the medical world needs more personal protection equipment (PPE) like masks and gloves and surgical gowns to work safely treating the Covid-19 patients, the rest of us are seeing shortages, too. Panic buying wiped out all the toilet paper and disinfectant...
by kuri | Apr 16, 2020 | Personal Reflections, The Wider World
Up ’til now, the Covid-19 pandemic has stressed me out mostly with data and graphs (damned lies and statistics) that can’t possibly be true because of under-testing, under-reporting, and the chaos of collecting data in-the-moment. I’ve been...
by kuri | Apr 1, 2020 | Personal Reflections
Age 54, a little blurry Despite a cold rainy day in self-quarantine, I enjoyed this birthday. Sponge cake is leavened with whipped egg whites I made a sponge cake and used my oven’s Auto 13 mode to bake it. Usually the oven fails at baking tasks but this cake...
