It’s the weekend!

Cat-o'-nine-tails in a snowy Montreal park, It's the weekend number 34

Tomorrow I’m heading to the Women’s March closest to where I live. We’re supposed to have warm temperatures and lots of people attending the event.

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend.

  • “I have decided to stick with love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — Where Do We Go From Here, 1967.
  • The Brooklyn Rail has just published a new offshoot called The River Rail. It is a free bi-annual publication that, according to Phong Bui, the Rail’s publisher and artistic director, “…focuses solely on the urgent subject of nature:
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It’s the weekend!

Sunset Reflecting on Clouds, It's the weekend! Number 33

We’re looking forward to staying home this weekend. We have lots of things to do around the house. Extreme cold temperatures are supposed to return tomorrow, so we’ll light a fire and stay inside. Fondue may be the remedy for cold weather tomorrow night.

Have a warm, cozy weekend.

  • I may make a Bitter Southerner to stave off the chill. According to the authors of Super Tuscan, this is a spin on a Manhattan that uses a Italian bitters. I’ll share more after I give them a try.
  • 2018 marks the start of Time’s Up. “No more silence.
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It’s the weekend!

This weekend we’re kicking off the holiday season with two wonderful holiday traditions. We’re buying bicycles and helmets for a boy and a girl and donating them to Toys for Tots. We’re also going to an annual tree trimming party. Our host, Andy, will make his traditional lamb, apple stew served on top of creamy polenta. It is always a warm and happy evening.

I wish you a very happy first weekend of December.… Read more