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Cindy Fuller
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Mar 26 2017
Brunch Conversation
I got home from church as Julian was eating his bagel, cream cheese, and lox. I heated up some leftovers and joined him at the table. He was reading an article on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in the newspaper. This is where one goes all-out on an aerobic exercise for a short period of time, …
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Mar 18 2017
Humerus Progress
The spelling is correct. Regular readers recall that Julian broke his humerus in a fall last month. He didn’t require surgery, and is now in physical therapy. The first couple of weeks focused on his range of motion, and next week he starts working on his strength. He’s able to cook from scratch again. Yesterday …
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Mar 16 2017
More Converts to the Cult
Our office is around the corner from a Vietnamese restaurant called Pho Saigon. As with many family-run Vietnamese restaurants here, what it lacks in ambiance it makes up for in good, cheap food. One of its specialties is my favorite soup, bun bo Hue. I’ve waxed poetic about in in an earlier post. The first two …
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Mar 11 2017
Cats and Cell Phones: A Dangerous Combination
Our younger cat, Neli, is fixated by Julian’s cell phone. She’ll sit next to it on his desk and wait for the whistles that indicate he has a new email. He loaded an interactive app that produces ripples on the screen when you touch it with a finger (or a paw). Today Julian was in …
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Mar 05 2017
Hot and Sour Soup Worth Slurping
When we order Chinese food, we almost always get hot and sour soup as a starter. It provides a good preview of the restaurant’s quality. A good hot and sour soup will have the tang of vinegar with heat from white or black pepper (not chiles). Unfortunately, many restaurants make the soup hours ahead and …
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Feb 26 2017
Sick Day Doings
The sniffles started around lunchtime on Thursday. By the time I left the office, I was in full-tilt sneeze mode. Our Homeowners’ Association annual meeting was that night, but I sent Julian there solo and was in bed by 8:30. I woke up at 3 on Friday morning, took some decongestant, emailed in sick, and …
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Feb 24 2017
An Unexpected Perk
As mentioned earlier, Julian broke his shoulder two weeks ago. The sole upside to this escapade: We discovered that there’s a Trader Joe’s across the street from his orthopedic surgeon’s office. For the non-cognoscenti, Trader Joe’s is a California-based grocery chain. Its primary claim to fame is “two-buck Chuck” (actually three bucks in Washington), cheap …
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Feb 22 2017
Pantries and their Placement
I grew up in my maternal grandparents’ farmhouse, which dated from the late 1800’s. The hallway leading to the cellar was Grandma’s pantry. It was lined on both sides with shelves for mixers, pickle crocks, and other kitchen equipment. It also had a huge chest freezer. One could have put two intact sides of beef …
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Feb 19 2017
Spring is in the Air
Two items that indicate the groundhog was wrong when he predicted six more weeks of winter this year: There’s a certain aroma you can detect when spring bulbs are sprouting, even before they bloom. It smells like daffodils. I’ve detected this aroma in several places where I know bulbs will appear. No flowers yet, but …
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