animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the ides of march

We watched this movie last weekend–I totally forgot to blog about it. Starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney, this was a tight political thriller. I’ve always been interested in politics, so it was pretty interesting to see what goes on behind a political campaign. Plus, you know, it had Ryan …

garden

So far, the garden has been producing nicely. This year, for the first time ever, I picked some large onions and beets. Normally both run small. I don’t mind it for the beets so much, but tiny onions are a pain to deal with. I’m not sure what’s the cause …

cross fire

I was in the mood for a quick read and this did the trick. I always enjoy James Patterson novels whenever I haven’t read one in a while, as was the case with this book. It seems like his older books had a little more substance to them, but maybe …

google chrome

Firefox, my browser of choice for some time, had been acting up in recent months–it was hogging all of the RAM on my laptop and running slowly. A reboot of Firefox would fix the issue, but having to reboot several times a day was an annoyance. During all of this, …

contagion

I was hoping for a little more “apocalypse” in this movie (there was some of that, though not too much), but it was still interesting to watch how quickly a global pandemic can occur. Jake is my new movie-watching partner and he liked it, too.