It's time again for me to add a post to the Scattered Life Collective. My mind was elsewhere last week, so I didn't participate, and now I can hardly believe it's been two weeks since my last Scattered Life post. Lately I feel like the days are dragging but the weeks are flying by, if that makes any sense.
Current time: 6:44 a.m.
Out the window: Slush. And lots of it. There is so. much. snow. to get rid of - it's going to be a very wet and mucky spring.
On the menu: I'm still on my slow cooker kick, and today I'm preparing this recipe for coconut and green curry pork. So simple, and oh so delicious.
Current time: 6:44 a.m.
Out the window: Slush. And lots of it. There is so. much. snow. to get rid of - it's going to be a very wet and mucky spring.
On the menu: I'm still on my slow cooker kick, and today I'm preparing this recipe for coconut and green curry pork. So simple, and oh so delicious.
Reading: Raven Black, the first instalment in the Shetland series by British crime fiction writer Ann Cleeves. The series introduces the character of Inspector Jimmy Perez, and is set in the remote Shetland islands in Scotland. As winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger award for best crime novel of the year, Raven Black was described by the judges as having a "superb sense of place." Here the landscape plays almost as important a role in the story as do the major characters. I'm sold on Cleeves' depictions of how a murder investigation is affected by the insularity of this isolated community, and fascinated by the tales of local customs, including the annual fire festival known as Up Helly Aa.
Listening: Baltimore-based band Future Islands appeared on David Letterman last week and afterward Twitter was abuzz (or should I say "atwitter?") with tales of their greatness. I will admit I wasn't blown away at first, but now the song - Seasons (Waiting on You) - has totally grown on me. What do you think?
Listening: Baltimore-based band Future Islands appeared on David Letterman last week and afterward Twitter was abuzz (or should I say "atwitter?") with tales of their greatness. I will admit I wasn't blown away at first, but now the song - Seasons (Waiting on You) - has totally grown on me. What do you think?
Watching: Portlandia. The fourth season of this hilarious sketch comedy show is now on IFC, but I'm catching up with season three on Netflix. All I can say is, may Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein never stop making the funny together. They are a match made in comedy heaven. And with guest stars like Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan and Roseanne Barr, the laughs just intensify. My favourite characters? Toni and Candace, owners of the Women and Women First bookstore.
Good stuff:
Out and About:
That's all for this week.
Sarah xoxo
Good stuff:
- MELTING SNOW. 'Nuff said.
- A potentially serious health issue turned out to be not so.
- A lovely walk on the river with a friend.
- Lunch out with my mom at my favourite Thai place which is exactly one block from my home. How lucky am I?
- Looking forward to dinner out this weekend with dear old friends visiting from out of town.
Out and About:
- 20 Iconic Bands Recreated in Lego
- The children's choir from the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences performs its rendition of Pharrell's "Happy"
- Jonathan Fields of the Good Life Project interviews Adam Braun, founder of Pencils of Promise
- Not sure how long I would last if I played along with the Minimalism Game
- This genius bookcase has a built-in ladder
- A look inside the barista class
That's all for this week.
Sarah xoxo
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