Lists of 2010

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Which actually means preserved in glass in 2010 (ie, not including things frozen, whether ingredients such as strawberries or corn off the cob, or already-made things such as the end of batches of soup).

The default is that produce is organic, while vinegar, sugar, spices, and such are not (non-organic produce is noted). Local produce is noted. (Also, for comparison, last year's list.)

• 1/1/2010 2 pints and a half pint of chunky cinnamon applesauce with peel (local IPM apples)
  
• 2/7/2010 9 5-oz bottles of pink grapefruit liqueur
  
• 2/7/2010 5 half-pints barely-boozy pink grapefruit marmalade
  
• 2/7/2010 2 pints and a half-pint of carrot pickles (rice vinegar, sugar, black pepper; local carrots)
  
• 2/12/2010 4 5-oz bottles of tangelo-vanilla liqueur
  
• 2/12/2010 4 5-oz bottles of lime liqueur
  
• 2/12/2010 2 pints golden beet pickles (local beets)
  
• 3/2/2010 1 5-oz bottle of second-round apple-cinnamon-vanilla liqueur
  
• 3/5/2010 2 pints, 8 half-pints, and 2 minis of mixed marmalade (boozy orange, lemon, lime with vanilla and pink grapefruit)
  
• 3/5/2010 4 pints pickled carrots and beets (both local and transitional) with garlic (not organic), black pepper, and cider vinegar
  
• 4/3/2010 3 pints of unsweetened rhubarb applesauce, kosher for Pesach; conventional rhubarb, IPM local apples
  
• 4/3/2010 3 pints of cranberry chutney with walnuts, kosher for Pesach; local nonorganic cranberries and (IPM) apples, organic lemon, nonorganic raisins and walnuts
  
• 4/22/2010 3 pints of hot-packed ginger carrot pickles in rice vinegar with peppercorns (local carrots)
  
• 4/22/2010 1 pint of pickled green beans in the gingery rice vinegar left from the carrots
  
• 4/27/2010 6 5-oz bottles of strawberry liqueur
  
• 4/29/2010 1 quart of lilac liqueur (lilacs in vodka, strained, then mixed with simple syrup)(foraged locally; not organic)
  
• 4/30/2010 1 pint of lilac syrup (foraged locally; not organic)
  
• 5/2/2010 1 pint of lilac syrup (foraged locally; not organic)
  
• 5/2/2010 1 pint of violet syrup (foraged locally; not organic)
  
• 5/2/2010 a bit less than a pint of violet liqueur (violets in vodka, strained, then mixed with simple syrup)(foraged locally; not organic)
  
• 5/4/2010 11 5-oz bottles of strawberry liqueur
  
• 5/4/2010 9 pints of cranberry chutney (rice and cider vinegars, cranberries, local IPM apples, organic lemons, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, cloves, powdered ginger)
  
• 5/4/2010 3 pints of pickled green beans in rice vinegar with tricolor peppercorns, and a hint of salt, sugar, and ginger
  
• 5/6/2010 1 pint of carrot pickles (local carrots, rice vinegar, boiled overlong)
  
• 5/13/2010 5 5-oz bottles of strawberry liqueur, and one taster jar
  
• 5/13/2010 1 pint of pickled beets
  
• 5/13/2010 2 pints of cinnamon pickled carrots (with the liquid from the beet batch)(local carrots)
  
• 5/18/2010 6 5-oz bottles of strawberry liqueur
  
• 5/27/2010 11 5-oz bottles of ginger liqueur
  
• 5/28/2010 2 half-pints of candied ginger in ginger syrup
  
• 5/28/2010 1 pint of ginger syrup, with some candied ginger bits in it
  
• 5/31/2010 1 pint and 1 half-pint of green apricots pickled in sweetened cider vinegar
  
• 6/2/2010 5.5 5-oz bottles of strawberry liqueur
  
• 6/4/2010 7 pints of cranberry chutney (local IPM apples, organic lemons, conventional cranberries and raisins, cider vinegar, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves; no walnuts; slightly too liquid batch)
  
• 6/11/2010 2 minis of mulberries in their own syrup (foraged locally; not organic)
  
• 6/17/2010 1 pint pickled garlic scapes with oregano and thyme (all local)
  
• 6/17/2010 2 pints pickled green apricots with cinnamon (local fruit)
  
• 6/21/2010 1 half-pint of sour cherry preserves (local fruit)
  
• 7/1/2010 2 pints pickled beets (local beets)
  
• 7/1/2010 1 quart of (non-organic) cider vinegar flavored with local strawberries
  
• 7/6/2010 1 quart spring sauerkraut (local cabbage, local purple kale, local carrots)
  
• 7/6/2010 2 5-oz bottles of mulberry liqueur
  
• 7/6/2010 1 pint of (non-organic) rice vinegar flavored with local shiso leaves
  
• 7/11/2010 3 pints of green beans pickled with garlic and dill (all local and organic)
  
• 7/11/2010 1 pint of cucumber slices pickled with garlic and dill (all local and organic)
  
• 7/16/2010 3 pints of apricot chutney (local and organic: apricots, Pretty in Purple peppers, an Ailsa Craig onion; other ingredients: cider vinegar, brown sugar, white sugar, local honey, cinnamon, cloves, raisins)
  
• 7/21/2010 2 pints of cran-apricot jam (local apricots, nonorganic cranberries)
  
• 7/21/2010 2 pints of carrot'n'garlic scape pickles (all local)
  
• 7/22/2010 2 pints and 1 half pint of apricot chutney (local and organic: apricots, Ailsa Craig onion, head of garlic; other ingredients: cider vinegar, white vinegar, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, maple syrup)
  
• 7/27/2010 5 5-oz bottles of apricot liqueur (local fruit)
  
• 7/28/2010 5 5-oz bottles of apricot-jalapeno liqueur (local apricots and jalapenos)
  
• 7/28/2010 4 5-oz bottles of apricot-sage liqueur (local apricots and sage)
  
• 8/12/2010 3 pints spicy watermelon pickles (local organic watermelon and jalapeno; also rice vinegar, cinnamon, ground allspice, sugar)
  
• 8/25/2010 1 pint spicy sweet carrot pickles (local organic carrots, a bit of garlic and Pretty in Purple pepper; also rice vinegar, salt, sugar)
  
• 8/25/2010 1 pint and 1 mini spicy mixed pickles (local organic carrots, cloves of garlic, jalapenos, Pretty in Purple pepper; also rice vinegar, salt, sugar)
  
• 8/25/2010 1 pint and 1 half-pint of cran-hot pepper jam (local organic hot peppers and green bell peppers, local cranberries; also red bell peppers, rice vinegar, sugar)
  
• 8/29/2010 1 pint okra pickles
  
• 9/14/2010 4 5-oz bottles of apricot rum liqueur (local and organic apricots)
  
• 9/14/2010 4 5-oz bottles of watermelon liqueur (local and organic watermelon)
  
• 9/14/2010 5 5-oz bottles of watermelon-mint liqueur (local and organic watermelon and mint)
  
• 9/21/2010 1 half pint and 2 minis of husk cherries (local, organic) in syrup
  
• 9/21/2010 3 pints of tomatillo salsa (tomatillos and peppers local and organic)
  
• 9/22/2010 6 pints of spicy pickled wax beans (beans and hot peppers local and organic)
  
• 9/26/2010 9 pints and a half pint of MacIntosh (local, not organic) applesauce with cinnamon and ginger (4.5 pints left chez Currentlee)
  
• 10/3/2010 8 half-piints of mixed pickled hot peppers (all local and organic)
  
• 10/3/2010 2 pints of marinated red peppers (local and organic) in vinegar, lemon juice, and olive oil
  
• 10/5/2010 16 pints of pickled beets (local and organic, in rice and white vinegars with sugar, allspice, and cinnamon) (13 of these chioggia beets)
  
• 10/6/2010 1 pint of husk cherry liqueur (local and organic)
  
• 10/6/2010 ~1.25 liters of MacIntosh apple-cinnamon-vanilla liqueur (apples local, non-organic)
  
• 10/6/2010 ~3 liters of MacIntosh apple-honey liqueur (apples and honey local)
  
• 10/6/2010 17 pints of pickled beets (local and organic, in rice and white vinegars with sugar, allspice, and cinnamon) (15 of these chioggia beets)
  
• 10/13/2010 4 pints of spicy-sweet pickled carrots (local and organic carrots, jalapeno, honey)
  
• 10/13/2010 3 half-pints of slightly sweet pickled hot cherry peppers (local and organic peppers and honey)
  
• 10/28/2010 almost a pint of pear-vanilla liqueur (local organic pears)
  
• 10/28/2010 almost a pint of yellow heirloom tomato-basil liqueur (all local and organic produce)
  
• 11/9/2010 1 pint preserved lemon
  
• 11/9/2010 4 pints of spicy pickled purple carrots (carrots and jalapenos local and organic)(cider and rice vinegar, salt and black pepper)
  
• 12/15/2010 a pint of apricot liqueur (from home-frozen apricots)
  
• 12/24/2010 a pint of kiwi liqueur
  
• 12/24/2020 a half-pint of pomegranate liqueur

Oh, also, a batch of rum pot/ confiture de vieux garcon: plain rum and sugar with layers of sour cherries (local fruit; backyard neighbors), mulberries (local fruit; Ruthling), gooseberries (local fruit; DAL), black raspberries (local fruit; DAL), strawberries (organic, local; Red Fire), and apricots (local fruit; DAL).

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The other (non-home) municipalities I slept in this year:

Worcester, MA
Bethel, VT
Rindge, NH
East Orange, VT
Black Rock City, NV
Reno, NV
Charlestown, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Piscataway, NJ

Hm. I didn't do much travel...

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I only list new books read, not rereads; I reread too many things to try to keep track.

1. Chalice (Robin McKinley) 1/2
   
2. The Other Side of the Fence (Molly Cone) 1/9
   
3. Justinian's Flea (William Rosen) 1/9
   
4. The Fortunate Fall (Raphael Carter) 1/29
   
5. Terminal Cafe (Ian McDonald) 2/1
   
6. Stand Tall (Joan Bauer) 2/8
   
7. This Is All The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn (Aidan Chambers) 2/13
   
8. Ender in Exile (Orson Scott Card) 2/13
   
9. Dingo (Charles deLint) 2/14
   
10. Gamer Girl (Mari Mancusi) 2/14
    
11. An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley (Ann Rinaldi) 2/15
    
12. A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories (Robin McKinley) 2/15
    
13. Dragon's Bait (Vivian Vande Velde) 1/19
    
14. The Maze Runner (James Dashner) 1/20
    
15. Companions of the Night (Vivian Vande Velde) 1/20
    
16. Climbing the Stairs (Padma Venkatraman) 1/20
    
17. Larklight (Phillip Reeve) 1/20
    
18. Samir and Yonatan (Daniella Carmi) 2/26
    
19. A War of Gifts (Orson Scott Card) 2/27
    
20. The Puzzle Lady Vs. the Sudoku Lady (Parnell Hall) 2/27
    
21. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye (Deb Caletti) 2/27
    
22. Dragon's Keep (Janet Lee Carey) 3/3
    
23. September Sisters (Jillian Cantor) 3/5
    
24. Don't Kill the Messenger (Eileen Rendahl) 3/6
    
25. The Mystery of Grace (Charles de Lint) 3/6
    
26. The City and the City (China Mieville) 3/7
    
27. The Magicians (Lev Grossman) 3/9
    
28. The Poison Apples (Lily Archer) 3/12
    
29. Origin (Diana Abu-Jaber) 3/13
    
30. Does My Head Look Big in This? (Randa Abdel-Fattah) 3/13
    
31. Broken Moon (Kim Antieau) 3/13
    
32. Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout) 3/15
    
33. Guide to Information Graphics (Dona Wong) 3/18
    
34. Dead Heat (Dick Francis and Felix Francis) 3/19
    
35. Silks (Dick Francis and Felix Francis) 3/19
    
36. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (Alexander McCall Smith) 3/20
    
37. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith) 3/23
    
38. Indigo Springs (A.M. Dellamonica) 3/25
    
39. The Better Mousetrap (Tom Holt) 3/27
    
40. Store-Bought Baby (Sandra Belton) 3/27
    
41. Reality Check (Peter Abrahams) 3/27
    
42. Watersmeet (Ellen Jensen Abbott) 3/27
    
43. Faerie Wars (Herbie Brennan) 3/27
    
44. The China Garden (Liz Berry) 3/28
    
45. Fall of Light (Nina Kiriki Hoffman) 3/29
    
46. Falling Sideways (Tom Holt) 3/31
    
47. First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover (Mitali Perkins) 4/1
    
48. Love (and other uses for duct tape) (Carrie Jones) 4/2
    
49. Girlwood (Claire Dean) 4/3
    
50. Secret Keeper (Mitali Perkins) 4/3
    
51. Second Wind (Dick Francis) 4/7
    
52. The Penny Pinchers Club (Sarah Strohmeyer) 4/8
    
53. Absolute Brightness (James Lecesne) 4/10
    
54. My Most Excellent Year (Steve Kluger) 4/11
    
55. Soldier's Secret (Sheila Solomon Klass) 4/12
    
56. A Change in Altitude (Anita Shreve) 4/13
    
57. The Book Stops Here (Ian Sansom) 4/14
    
58. Little Bee (Chris Cleave) 4/15
    
59. A Young Man Without Magic (Lawrence Watt-Evans) 4/17
    
60. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday (Alexander McCall Smith) 4/17
    
61. Spinsters in Jeopardy (Ngaio Marsh) 4/17
    
62. Solace of the Road (Siobhan Dowd) 4/17
    
63. How to Ruin My Teenage Life (Simone Elkeles) 4/17
    
64. How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation (Simone Elkeles) 4/18
    
65. After Summer (Nick Earls) 4/18
    
66. Alphabet of Dreams (Susan Fletcher) 4/18
    
67. Crossing Washington Square (Joanne Rendell) 4/20
    
68. Winged Creatures (Roy Freirich) 4/22
    
69. Black Sheep (Georgette Heyer) 4/25
    
70. Venetia (Georgette Heyer) 4/26
    
71. Even Money (Dick Francis and Felix Francis) 4/26
    
72. B Is for Beer (Tom Robbins) 4/27
    
73. Savage Lands (Clare Clark) 4/27
    
74. The Onion Girl (Charles de Lint) 4/30
    
75. Certain Women (Madeleine L'Engle) 5/1
    
76. The Changeling Sea (Patricia McKillip) 5/1
    
77. Dragon's Blood (Jane Yolen) 5/1
    
78. Heart's Blood (Jane Yolen) 5/1
    
79. A Sending of Dragons (Jane Yolen) 5/2
    
80. Miranda's Big Mistake (Jill Mansell) 5/4
    
81. A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents (Liza Palmer) 5/6
    
82. The Lacuna (Barbara Kingsolver) 5/8
    
83. The Sleeping Dragon (Miyuki Miyabe) 5/10
    
84. Twelve Rooms with a View (Theresa Rebeck) 5/11
    
85. The Invisible Mountain (Caroline de Robertis) 5/14
    
86. Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Lawrence Block) 5/18
    
87. The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (Lawrence Block) 5/19
    
88. Burglar on the Prowl (Lawrence Block) 5/19
    
89. A Thread of Grace (Mary Doria Russell) 5/20
    
90. Aunt Dimity: Snowbound (Nancy Atherton) 5/21
    
91. Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin (Nancy Atherton) 5/22
    
92. Afrika (Colleen Craig) 5/22
    
93. Family Album (Penelope Lively) 5/23
    
94. La's Orchestra Saves the World (Alexander McCall Smith) 5/25
    
95. The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (Lawrence Block) 5/26
    
96. So You Want to Be a Wizard (Diane Duane) 5/27
    
97. Deep Wizardry (Diane Duane) 5/28
    
98. High Wizardry (Diane Duane) 5/29
    
99. A Wizard Abroad (Diane Duane) 5/29
    
100. The Wizard's Dilemma (Diane Duane) 5/29
     
101. The Wedding Girl (Madeleine Wickham) 5/29
     
102. Busy Woman Seeks Wife (Annie Sanders) 5/30
     
103. The Diary (Eileen Goudge) 6/2
     
104. See You Down the Road (Kim Ablon Whitney) 6/3
     
105. Naked Without a Hat (Jeanne Willis) 6/4
     
106. What They Always Tell Us (Martin Wilson) 6/4
     
107. The Illustrated Mum (Jacqueline Wilson) 6/5
     
108. Vidalia in Paris (Sasha Watson) 6/6
     
109. Driving Force (Dick Francis) 6/8
     
110. The Sharing Knife: Beguilement (Lois McMaster Bujold) 6/8
     
111. The Sharing Knife: Legacy (Lois McMaster Bujold) 6/9
     
112. The Sharing Knife: Passage (Lois McMaster Bujold) 6/9
     
113. The Sharing Knife: Horizon (Lois McMaster Bujold) 6/10
     
114. Family Affair (Caprice Crane) 6/11
     
115. Un Lun Dun (China Mieville) 6/13
     
116. Jennifer Johnson Is Sick of Being Single (Heather McElhatton) 6/13
     
117. Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps (Lara Rios) 6/13
     
118. Under Heaven (Guy Gavriel Kay) 6/20
     
119. Losing Charlotte (Heather Clay) 6/26
     
120. Mathematicians in Love (Rudy Rucker) 6/26
     
121. Veracity (Laura Bynum) 7/15
     
122. Blackout (Connie Willis) 7/17
     
123. D. A. (Connie Willis) 7/19
     
124. Cromartie V. the God Shiva Acting Through the Government of India (Rumer Godden) 7/20
     
125. Black Narcissus (Rumer Godden) 7/20
     
126. The Edge (Dick Francis) 7/21
     
127. The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (Rumer Godden) 7/23
     
128. Comeback (Dick Francis) 7/24
     
129. Sixteen Brides (Stephanie Grace Whitson) 7/30
     
130. Spellwright (Blake Charlton) 7/31
     
131. Lincoln's Dreams (Connie Willis) 7/31
     Passage (Connie Willis) 8/3
     
132. The Treasure of the Turkish Pasha (Yehoash Biber) 8/5
     
133. The Janissary Tree (Jason Goodwin) 8/7
     
134. Once I Was a Plum Tree (Johanna Hurwitz) 8/10
     
135. The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor) 9/9
     
136. A Guide for the Perplexed (Jonathan Levi) 9/10
     
137. Shaman's Crossing (Robin Hobb) 9/23
     
138. Forest Mage (Robin Hobb) 9/25
     
139. Renegade's Magic (Robin Hobb) 9/25
     
140. The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van (Alan Bennett) 9/27
     
141. Rainbows End (Verner Vinge) 10/16
     
142. The Piano Tacher (Janice Y.K. Lee) 10/30
     
143. The Weed that Strings the Hangmans's Bag (Alan Bradley) 10/30
     
144. Outwitting History (Aaron Lansky) 10/30
     
145. The Wives of Henry Oades (Johanna Moran) 11/6
     
146. Cambridge Voices (compilation) 11/6
     
147. Alice I Have Been (Melanie Benjamin) 11/13
     
148. The Double Comfort Safari Club (Alexander McCall Smith) 11/14
     
149. Beauty Shop for Rent (Laura Bowers) 11/18
     
150. The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai) 11/27

(Apparently December has been all about the rereads...)

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And a few random other things:

I crocheted 37 hats this year, a lot of them with some kind of exaggerated top hat sort of shape.

I hosted people a lot less than I usually do, due to having no bathroom for about half the year (this had other issues for me as well, ranging from the inconvenience of schlepping out to visit the hospital to realizing that I biked significantly less because I knew I'd have to walk a quarter mile afterward to get to a shower. Not the best choice.).

I didn't have regular employment for much of the year.

I wanted more time with friends than I managed to get. This isn't special for 2010, alas. However, I met some wonderful people this year, which makes me happy. And there was some time with already-known friends, which also makes me happy.