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Monday morning miscellany
Jan. 3rd, 2005 12:44 pmShirley Chisholm died. I remember the first time I heard of her, in the essays Nora Ephron collected in Crazy Salad (Amazon link). An impressive woman; I wish more politicians were like her. From the obit:
'Once discussing what her legacy might be, she said, "I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered."'
There is something disturbing about seeing side by side windows with "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Hannukah" banners, when the windows are part of a church.
The model trains set up in South Station are a lot of fun to look at. There are two tracks, one with an Amtrak train, the other with an old-fashioned locomotive (including choo-choo-ish sounds :-), both going through a fantastic little village, complete with lit-up little houses, people, animals, cars, a funicular, a 'waterfall', a tunnel, even Spiderman hanging off one of the bridges. Entrancing for kids little and not-so-little.
Noted: a parent wheeling a suitcase along, the toddler perched on top.
Yesterday's cookery: mango-cranberry-ginger chutney (3 pints, 2 half pints). And thanks to RSC, I'm thinking of what to put in a citrus-flavored yeasted bread. I have oranges, so orange juice and zest, plus... what? Bits of walnut? Some herb or spice? I'm not sure.
Most entertaining typo yesterday: Christian morels. I assume practicing Christians would avoid eating these.
'Once discussing what her legacy might be, she said, "I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered."'
There is something disturbing about seeing side by side windows with "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Hannukah" banners, when the windows are part of a church.
The model trains set up in South Station are a lot of fun to look at. There are two tracks, one with an Amtrak train, the other with an old-fashioned locomotive (including choo-choo-ish sounds :-), both going through a fantastic little village, complete with lit-up little houses, people, animals, cars, a funicular, a 'waterfall', a tunnel, even Spiderman hanging off one of the bridges. Entrancing for kids little and not-so-little.
Noted: a parent wheeling a suitcase along, the toddler perched on top.
Yesterday's cookery: mango-cranberry-ginger chutney (3 pints, 2 half pints). And thanks to RSC, I'm thinking of what to put in a citrus-flavored yeasted bread. I have oranges, so orange juice and zest, plus... what? Bits of walnut? Some herb or spice? I'm not sure.
Most entertaining typo yesterday: Christian morels. I assume practicing Christians would avoid eating these.