The Curry Leaf restaurant in Colorado Springs is tiny, but it’s good. Sri Lankan comfort food turns out to be a cross between Indian and some colonial European influences, and it was comfort-food yummy. A lot of curries with rice – and pastries and flan for desert. The coconut sambol (a salad) was too spicy […]

I can’t recommend going to Pueblo, although I had a good time, which says more about me and my capability for amusement than it does about Pueblo. And more about how much more easily Ray and Lee get along, how they cope with changes in the routine. The trip was a belated birthday present: there’s

Dr. Heckenleibel. Janey, years later. During. Smart Bart.

Hooray! It is raining and too wet to do anything with the front yard!Hooray! I’m eating the last of the cereal!Hooray! I’m going to Pueblo today with Lee and Ray and there will be pretty food and tasty pictures!Hooray! Yoga will be over soon!Hooray! I have an extra day to get caught up on edits

Behold! The wonderful power of something good to do with the leftover bunch of cilantro before it goes bad! This is a South American-type condiment. Aji Verde (Green Garlic Sauce) 1 c chopped washed cilantro, with stems1 clove of garlic, peeled and crushed1/4 c sour cream2 T lime juice1/2 anaheim pepper1 T chimayo chili powder

Experimente… Crabapple trees go pink in springand you forget how annoying theyget in the fall, with the fruit. This year the buds died on the branchafter a dry, warm winter and a suddenlyicy spring. Dry on the branch I crush them between my fingers.The tree keeps growing. New leavesset in. And I say look, If

First, line up with the parents and the strollers outside the doors, wondering what’s going on. A mass of parents is milling because none of them know what to do about the sign in sheets. Sign in to show your support as well as your perspicacity. Then sign up for the Star Lab, because your

6:45 a.m. Made cup of tea, grabbed two muffins and a slather of butter. Disappeared into office (!!!) to write. 7:30 a.m. Made second cup of tea. Snagged some Sun Chips that Lee had purchased yesterday to go with the raspberry-chipotle ribs, because I mentioned that I really like them a few weeks ago. Checked

Working on: Integrating Richard’s comments (writer group). Not giving away suspense for free. Removing wordy “intros” to sections (Eric’s comments, writer group). Rewriting Dr. Heck. I just finished clarifying some motives, both Bill’s and Jack’s. Favorite line so far: “Julian came back with another pitcher. Dinah looked up at him. I looked up at him,

I’ve been thinking a lot about faces lately, not so much physical faces as the “faces” we wear. Not a new theme, I think, but something I ran into a lot lately, between the writer’s conference and looking up people online afterwards–the difference between the face one presents to other people, in person, versus the