January in the Seattle area is usually cold and rainy. Sometimes high winds get thrown in to compound the misery. As I write this, some intrepid runners are gathering in downtown Bothell for the Worst Day of the Year Run. This is of a piece with other cold-weather lunacies, such as the assorted Polar Bear …
January 5, 2019 archive
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Jan 05
A Bittersweet New Year
We attended the traditional New Year’s Eve gathering in the old neighborhood. Our host made soup with black-eyed peas, spinach, and sausage. (In the Southern US and in Northeast Seattle, eating black-eyed peas and greens foretell a good year.) Julian brought herring, which he considers a good luck food for the New Year. (Personally, I …
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