“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
People have different ideas about how our founders’ original intent should be interpreted for today. More thoughts on that another time.
Today, have a just couple of things to say.
1. I just heard that a two-year-old baby sitting in a shopping cart in a store reached into his mother’s purse, pulled out a loaded weapon, fired it, and killed his mother. The founding fathers could never have imagined.
2. I don’t get it about “concealed” weapons. If you carry a gun, I want to see it in a holster on your hip. Concealing muskets certainly did not occur to the founders.
I can’t say that either one of the pictures above makes me feel safe. And I’m really glad this guy doesn’t live next door to me. I don’t want to think about what might happen were I to go out in my back yard and make a racket chasing away a raccoon in the middle of the night.
Katherine and I had a beautiful and adventurous drive through the snow late on Christmas afternoon for a delicious dinner at Timberline Lodge.
I sat around in front of the fire while Kate worked on arrangements in case we needed chains for getting down from the mountain. (We didn’t. Love that Subaru.)
I made some new friends who only spoke Bulgarian. Always the old teacher, I taught some vocab: snow, mountain, boots, warm.
Here I am fully sated. (And we both brought half our meals home for later.)
Here’s the menu. We made a point to opt for different dishes.
Columbia River Salmon wrapped in puff pastry with wild rice butternut squash puree, roasted Brussels sprouts andHood River apple-cabbage slaw
Alder Smoked Prime Rib of Beef with roasted garlic smashed yukon gold potatoes rosemary roasted baby carrots, spaghetti squash, wild mushroom demi glace (I had this.)
Roasted Duck Leg with Neuske’s Bacon, riesling poached pear, Ice Axe mustard seeds savoy cabbage, toasted farro
Cascade Farms Pork Shank braised in red wine demi glace with root vegetables lemon-herb breadcrumbs & creamy polenta
Roasted Acorn Squash with Walnut-Apple Stuffing baby carrots, toasted farro, black mission figs Swiss chard, smoked Hood River apple butter roasted vegetable demi glace
For Dessert
Timberline Pastry Team’s Trio of Sweet Creations
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We took our time driving back through the snow, so by the time we got home, we were ready to finish off the other half of our dinners with the wine we had forgone earlier to be very sober drivers. It was a lovely day on so may levels.
Had the “lunch bunch” over a few days ago , not for lunch but for sherry, tea and trifle. We also celebrated Georgienne’s 60th by putting a candle on it.
And Susan organized a list of sixty suggestions of things one should do in her sixties.
Then we all sacrificed our girlish figures with no regrets.
I love this shot of Connie and me. Connie was my first friend when I moved here and one of the dearest ones I have ever had.
Friends and family. The best gifts of the season. Be merry!
“WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country’s online access is “totally down.” The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible.”
I suppose schadenfreude is totally wrong for this holy season 🙂
