Oops, missed a day there somehow.
The heat of the last few days has abated. Heavy solid cloud cover this morning with rain in the offing. Suspense...waiting to see whether the minor stopgap measures I've taken will keep rainwater out of my basement.
What's on the board for today? (yogurt yogued, overnight, as hoped for, and has been "jarred up" -- I suppose an intelligent woman would set it in the oven IN the jar it's to be stored in, right? Ok, next time) (cold coffee concentrate is ready to be filtered off).
Unload dishwasher and re-load, I think there is enough lying about to fill it already (blitzed the Science Fair projects on the lower shelves of the fridge in time to get the whole sorry lot out to the curb -- garbage day)...
The laundry's all done and the ironing also...I could pack my bag for the weekend...
Some surface clearing in the kitchen wouldn't hurt, and maybe a bit of baking, as "heating up the house" isn't going to be a problem today.
I've begun sorting OUT my clothes...after years of "shove it in the closet and snatch it out again"...and have discovered a latent luxury that I'm now going to enjoy...I have enough nighties to enjoy a fresh clean one every single night. Wow.
In the sorting process, beginning to fill a bag with stuff I'll not wear again. I should probably tackle my bureau drawers too...I could do that on my lap while I watch television in the evenings.
Meantime I am reading through the two most recent issues of TLS, and the new Anglican Theological Review; there are limericks in the poetry section, and I approve. Interesting article on potential convergence between Episcopalian systematics and the "Emergent" phenomenon. Haven't gotten into the review section yet in any thorough way.
Also floundering about among the bedclothes are Levinas, Beyond the Verse, very tough reading, it would probably be more,um, LIMPID in the original French; and Harvey Cox, Fire from Heaven.
Trying to coordinate some travel plans for what remains of the summer -- and I'd like SOME time on the road before I have to have snow tires restored to Harriet-the-Echo!
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still wondering how you make sun-brewed coffee, which sounds delicious in this incredibly HOT summer.
OK...I took 3 cups medium-grind coffee (medium-dark roast) and 9 cups cold water -- put them in my big steel mixer bowl, put a plate over it and left it on the kitchen counter overnight. Then I ladled the whole works very carefully through a series of coffee filter papers (it took about 3-4) in a 6-cup Melitta cone filter. I think a basket filter would work well also.
This filled a big ol' mason jar. I store it in the fridge. Then at need,I add it to hot water, OR cold water, OR cold milk, with or without ice, in proportions of about 1 coffee-concentrate to 4 of the diluting liquid. Experiment to suit your taste.
It is VERY rich but not bitter.
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