Tariffs

Actually, the news about tariffs was just a good excuse to try out this Pilot Retro Pop ballpoint pen and to photograph it in the morning light streaming through my dining room window. A really smooth writer, with a nice wide .1mm tip. Like it much better than the Jetstream ballpoints. But, back to tariffs, I wonder if even ballpoint pens will cost more now. Sheesh! What a crazy world.

Candlemas

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. :-)

William & Mary

Always interested in what people are saying about my town's namesake. Kiste's account was first published in 2003. I probably wouldn't have come across it had my local library not placed it on its recommended reading table. Curious how much influence these two had upon communities so far removed from their homelands.