Pentel

Just bought this Pentel mechanical pencil. Crucially, it fits my choir folder. Choir members are forever marking up their music. First test will be later today for for both a performance and rehearsal.

Brake Light

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A friend was kind enough to point out how one of the brake lights on my car was not working. So I spent part of yesterday afternoon hunting down a replacement bulb and fixing it. All of which made me wonder how long that bulb had lasted. The car itself is some fifteen years old. And I can't remember ever replacing but maybe one bulb on this car since. That's an amazing performance record, don't you think? 

Anyway, I came away from yesterday's fix with an even deeper appreciation for at least some of our technological advances. My hat's off to those engineers who worked on these parts!

Amaryllis

I suppose many of us have enjoyed these lovely flowers. This one was resting on my breakfast table this morning.

What to Call It?

Well, . . . I started out last night with the idea of preparing my go-to black beans and rice. I sliced and diced my onion all the while wondering what I could do to maybe vary the fare a little. That's when I came across a recipe for something called Middle Eastern Rice with Black Beans and Chickpeas. Not surprisingly, therefore, what I came up with then was a mix of both, leaving me with the perplexing problem of what to call it. :-)