following up – a deeper thought

The worst of it has passed; the fever has broken. I am mending, although every four hours, the OTC decongestant expires and a kick-boxing ninja’s foot hits me square in the ribs… There is something of which I have been aware for most of the passing week that I am only just now comprehending… I have to […]

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the heat and the eats

So, the heat has arrived. To point out: I do not live with AC and my kitchen is a ‘kitchen area’ with a microwave, toaster over, frig, freezer and sink… Today brought a big ugly round of something I haven’t manifested in a few years… I ate a little too little after taking my meds […]

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those kind of people

Stephen is here. We had lunch at Son Sung, a Vietnamese Bistro in Westport. It is one of my favorite places. They recently turned their lunch into a buffet with noodle bar. Good stuff. About one third of the buffet is raw, fresh salads and dishes, including spring rolls in the non-fried version. (I never […]

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Son Sung Vietnamese Bistro is strongly in my top three favorite places to eat in town. YJ’s and Grinders are the other two, with the Jerusalem Deli a close fourth… In fact, it would seem that Son Sung is the place I most like to go when guests are visiting from out of town. <kumazuki>, <mudcub>, […]

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salsa du jour

I like making salsas… They way I make them sometimes, they end up like salads scooped onto a chip, which comes in handy in the summer heat, when I want to still eat healthy, but don’t feel like fixing each and every meal… Last night I made a new one. I suppose most of my […]

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nosh

The heat has arrived. Although I am surviving well as yet without running the AC, it is beginning to affect my eating habits. I now struggle to cook anything of note, since the idea of adding heat is too heavy on my mind. Instead I turn to nosh plates, as I like to call them. […]

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