Manners

by Howard Nemerov

Prig offered Pig the first chance at dessert,
So Pig reached out and speared the bigger part.

"Now that," cried Prig, "is extremely rude of you!"
Pig, with his mouth full, said, "Wha, wha' wou' 'ou do?"

"I would have taken the littler bit," said Prig.
"Stop kvetching, then it's what you've got," said Pig.

So virtue is its own reward, you see.
And that is all it's ever going to be.

Yummy! Rava dosas.

I made this wonderfully tasty vegetarian dish last night. We thought it was absolutely delicious so I thought I would share it. Most of the ingredients are fairly common, but you probably will need semolina flour and rice flour, and perhaps cumin seeds and unsweetened coconut if they are not in your spice drawer. Definitely worth the effort!
Rava dosas

Girls' reunion

What a fun weekend! We ate, drank and got all caught up - my daughters my sisters and me. Here are some photos!


First day - out for a walk in Park city - it was cold and windy!

















At lunch, Nina had escargot, for the first time ever she said. I caught one going down!












To add to our fun, the girls had three friends for a sleepover that evening and for most of the next day, so we had six littles in tow as we went for a hike by a lovely waterfall.


























Here's a pic of the three of us!










And then of course, we visited the littles' school.













































They all got new pajamas.
















and Vicky showed off her new hat!

Tomorrow I will be in Utah together with my sister, both my daughters (they of course are sisters) and three of my granddaughters. Three generations of sisters! Hopefully I will have photos to post to document this memorable event.

Off to work! Notice all the protective gear!

What an enjoyable weekend!
Here's some facts: Washington is the second largest state producer of wine in the US. CA is the biggest.
Walla Walla is an Appellation in the state and is also a town, about 100 miles form here. So yesterday morning G'pa and I and Riley the airedale hit the road for Walla Walla, armed with a map, a few internet downloads and a motel room booked.
We arrived around 1 pm and headed right for a group of wineries near the east end of town. Wow! The first winery was great, and we kept thinking that we would find some bad ones. But we kept tasting, and never found any bad ones!
Late afternoon we retired to our room for a break, and a rest. Later, we walked the dog around town, listened to some street music, and generally enjoyed Walla Walla. What a nice town!
Turns out there are more than 100 wineries in town!
We visited several more this morning (they opened at 10am) and discovered several more that were excellent. I think we came home with three cases of wine altogether!
We stopped for lunch at a recommended restaurant - Brasserie 4 - and had wonderful mussels! Then headed home to Pullman. A lovely relaxing weekend.
BTW, Walla Walla means many waters. It is home to both Cayuse and Walla Walla indians.

Washington wines

Record heat again today - I think we hit 100.
But with the end of the first week of classes Irv and I have booked a motel in Walla Walla and we and Riley are off there tomorrow to do some Washington wine tasting.
It is supposed to be cooler tomorrow so it should be a fun day and a half! Looking at the map there seem to be about 50 wineries in the Walla Walla area. We probably won't get to all of them!