Living Well, and All That

Living Well IS the best revenge, although who or what one is taking revenge on (life?) has always been rather a mystery. Last night we grilled strip steaks (with plenty of mesquite wood on the fire), ate the rest of the ratatouille and green beans Italian style, which are green beans, cooked al dente, then sauteed in a mixture of butter and olive oil, garlic, parsley and garnished with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and more parsley, seasoned with salt, pepper and a bit of nutmeg. They were good, I tell you.

Tonight the very absolute end of the ratatouille, insalata caprese with fresh garden tomatoes and home grown organic basil, grilled ham and cheese on English muffins, with one of my special tarts (see previous post) made of nectarines and dried cherries.

I've incorporated my friend's edits into Promiscuous Mode. Printed out the 4th draft of Festival Madness. Queried a small press about World of Mirrors and noticed they weren't on the MWA approved list. I'm writing a speech about my big class reunion. Looks like there will be time to start something new this week. Maybe the German book. We have character's names now, and the starting situation.

Martin Scorsese nailed it today in the New York Times when he wrote of Antonioni. All the words I wanted to say, and more. Zowie!

Best seller list maybe worse than usual in terms of literary merit. Whatcha gonna do? Guy sitting next to S.O. on plane from Denver drank 3 quick drinks and read Harry Potter. Didn't know what to make of that. Nervous flyer? Drunk? Bad day? All of the above? Isn't life interesting?

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