It usually is with us.

What, always? Yes, always. What, always?
Well, usually. Paraphrasing G&S.

I caught that.

While slowly aging off, I'm getting more and more
nostalgic for my hundreds of Gilbert & Sullivan
performances back in my youth.

sometimes > see them well after the fact. They are good when I don't
(or can't)

e-mail somebody and a call would be inconvenient.

If they didn't have a function, presumably
they wouldn't have been developed. They don't,
however, have a function for me.

OTOH, they work quite well for us. Helps our daughters reach out to us easily; the difference in time between AZ or UT and NC can make calling inconvenient. A text asking "Is this a good time to call?" saves calling
at an awkward time.

"Call at your earliest convenience." But I've seen
the system in action, when Lilli texts someone and
days later doesn't get a reply and so has to call
to ask if the other person got the text. It's hard
to guess whether someone didn't get the message or
is simply mad at one.

Thursday, Sept. 5 through Monday, Sept. 9, right?

That's the dates I was thinking about--week end after Labor Day.

Excellent.

Now we can start firming up plans otherwise. We've decided that we're
not going to try to go to VT this year but will do some travel around
the state this summer.

E-mail me your address so I can do a time/cost thing
for the local hotels. They treat me better at Hiltony
places and there's apparently a Hampton right in Wake
Forest.

Well, we may all be hunkering down at the
Hampton or something. Speaking of which, I'm
planning on the Hampton unless you have a
compelling reason for elsewhere.

I've no opinion one way or another about the Hampton. We used the Sleep
Inn the times we came up from Savannah house hunting before moving here.
It was convenient but nothing special.

We're not expecting special. We're anticipating
the special times at the Haffly Homestead and
simply using the offsite accommodations as a
place to stagger back to afterward. Speaking of
which, will you be allowing beer and wine in the
house? I am figuring these are integral to
mealtime for some of us, but hard liquor is
certainly not. Best to set guidelines early. I'd
suggest that you might allow wine for cooking and
maybe (maybe) enough for a modest mealtime glass
or two, perhaps restricting consumption to outside.
Massive debauchery has never been a feature of
these events, so there's not much worry there.

somewhat short notice. Two years in a row with storms the week end

after > Labor Day is a bit unusual bit it is still during hurricane season so we > do have to keep that in mind.
My point is that any likely picnic date will
be during hurricane season, so that can't be
a major concern.

Just something to keep in the back of our minds.

We could formulate a plan B, maybe with escape
routes to accessible places out of the way of
whatever might be coming. Chorlotte and Danville,
somewhat inland and higher, come to mind.

but can > I wait a couple of minutes for water to boil otherwise? I
did before we > got the Keurig, and I am now. Kids raised on
microwaves and such like
That's the thing. And it's only a couple minutes.
And if you wanted to get semi-automated coffee at
less cost to the environment and better tasting
to boot, get a real coffee machine. The up-front
costs are higher, but the subsequent ones are
less and would even things out in a few years.

I don't drink coffee but Steve does, and has a couple of coffee makers
that he rotates use of.

Does he see substantial difference among
brewing methods? I kind of like French press
myself, but then little floating bits don't
bother me much.

other almost instnt gratification have a harder time waiting for

food, > coffee, etc.
Another failure of the education system.

Upbringing also.

Part and parcel, I'd say.

That's to be expected. Keep us posted if
anything goes particularly wrong or right.

I'm using just the cane now during the time I'm up; it's a lot better
than using the walker all the time.

For sure. Good progress.

OTOH, I'll still go with whole wheat (regular and pastry) as my standard.

I don't have a standard, making bread what,
a couple times a decade on average, but it
would be (for yeasty things) unbleached
high-gluten white.

I used that for a while but do keep gluten on hand now. A bit of that,
mixed in with flours like rye, will help the bread rise more--if well kneaded.

Indeed, you need to knead, that can't be denied.

Cinnamon & spice oat scones
categories: quick breads
yield: 1 batch

2 c old-fashioned rolled oats
1 pk English breakfast tea leaves
- sub Bengal Spice herbal tea bag
1/2 c raisins
1/2 ts baking soda
1/4 ts salt
2 Tb sugar
3/4 c buttermilk

Position a rack in the center of the oven and
preheat to 400F. Line a baking sheet with
parchment paper.

Process the oats and tea leaves until finely
ground. Add the raisins and pulse until chopped.
Add the baking soda, salt, and sugar and pulse
to combine. Add the buttermilk and pulse until
the dough comes together, scraping the bowl
occasionally.

Using a 2" cookie scoop or a 1/4 c measure,
drop the dough by scant 1/4-ccpfuls onto the
prepared pan, spacing them 1 1/2" apart.
Flatten the tops slightly with your palm,
then slash a cross in the top of each with
a sharp knife. Sprinkle with sugar.

Bake 15 min until the scones are cooked through
and the bottoms are light golden brown. Slide the
parchment paper with the scones onto a wire rack
to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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Hi Michael,

It usually is with us.

What, always? Yes, always. What, always?
Well, usually. Paraphrasing G&S.

I caught that.

While slowly aging off, I'm getting more and more
nostalgic for my hundreds of Gilbert & Sullivan
performances back in my youth.

I never perfomed any but my folks inherited a good number of G&S from my maternal grandfather, as 78s. One summer my dad spent hours recording
them on reel to reel tape. I didn't appreciate them as much then as I
probably would now, but don't have the technology to play the reel to
reels, if my brother still has them around.

OTOH, they work quite well for us. Helps our daughters reach out to

us > easily; the difference in time between AZ or UT and NC can make calling > inconvenient. A text asking "Is this a good time to call?"
saves calling > at an awkward time.

"Call at your earliest convenience." But I've seen
the system in action, when Lilli texts someone and
days later doesn't get a reply and so has to call
to ask if the other person got the text. It's hard
to guess whether someone didn't get the message or
is simply mad at one.

We've done well overall with texting others and getting a prompt reply.

Thursday, Sept. 5 through Monday, Sept. 9, right?

That's the dates I was thinking about--week end after Labor

Day. > ML> Excellent.

Now we can start firming up plans otherwise. We've decided that

we're > not going to try to go to VT this year but will do some travel around > the state this summer.

E-mail me your address so I can do a time/cost thing
for the local hotels. They treat me better at Hiltony
places and there's apparently a Hampton right in Wake
Forest.

Will do.

Well, we may all be hunkering down at the
Hampton or something. Speaking of which, I'm
planning on the Hampton unless you have a
compelling reason for elsewhere.

I've no opinion one way or another about the Hampton. We used the

Sleep > Inn the times we came up from Savannah house hunting before
moving here. > It was convenient but nothing special.

We're not expecting special. We're anticipating
the special times at the Haffly Homestead and
simply using the offsite accommodations as a
place to stagger back to afterward. Speaking of

That's about the norm for events like this. We just don't have the room
to put up the group, unless we borrow tents. (G)

which, will you be allowing beer and wine in the
house? I am figuring these are integral to
mealtime for some of us, but hard liquor is
certainly not. Best to set guidelines early. I'd
suggest that you might allow wine for cooking and

Wine for cooking is ok for in the house but for consumption, we prefer
all to be done outside. We don't have a lot of fridge/cooler space so
would prefer to use it for foodstuffs. We'll try to have a number of
coolers for drinks of all types.

maybe (maybe) enough for a modest mealtime glass
or two, perhaps restricting consumption to outside.

Hopefully we will be able to have most of the meals outside.

Massive debauchery has never been a feature of
these events, so there's not much worry there.

Understandable, and you know our position on it so it's good to get
things like that cleared up beforehand.

somewhat short notice. Two years in a row with storms the

week end > ML> after > Labor Day is a bit unusual bit it is still
during hurricane > ML> season so we > do have to keep that in mind.

My point is that any likely picnic date will
be during hurricane season, so that can't be
a major concern.

Just something to keep in the back of our minds.

We could formulate a plan B, maybe with escape
routes to accessible places out of the way of
whatever might be coming. Chorlotte and Danville,
somewhat inland and higher, come to mind.

Depends on what way it looks like the storm is heading.

but can > I wait a couple of minutes for water to boil

otherwise? I > ML> did before we > got the Keurig, and I am now. Kids raised on

microwaves and such like
That's the thing. And it's only a couple minutes.
And if you wanted to get semi-automated coffee at
less cost to the environment and better tasting
to boot, get a real coffee machine. The up-front
costs are higher, but the subsequent ones are
less and would even things out in a few years.

I don't drink coffee but Steve does, and has a couple of coffee

makers > that he rotates use of.

Does he see substantial difference among
brewing methods? I kind of like French press
myself, but then little floating bits don't
bother me much.

Have to talk with him about it; I usually just wash them up after the
fact. (G)

other almost instnt gratification have a harder time waiting

for > ML> food, > coffee, etc.

Another failure of the education system.

Upbringing also.

Part and parcel, I'd say.

Very much so.

That's to be expected. Keep us posted if
anything goes particularly wrong or right.

I'm using just the cane now during the time I'm up; it's a lot

better > than using the walker all the time.

For sure. Good progress.

Hit a roadblock this week--they tried to take out the rest of the
stitches but the incision line started to spread apart. So, the stitches
were left in for another week, with orders to not do some of the knee
flex/bend exercises. Hopefully next Tuesday I'll be able to get them out
and resume therapy.

OTOH, I'll still go with whole wheat (regular and pastry) as

my > ML> > standard.

I don't have a standard, making bread what,
a couple times a decade on average, but it
would be (for yeasty things) unbleached
high-gluten white.

I used that for a while but do keep gluten on hand now. A bit of

that, > mixed in with flours like rye, will help the bread rise
more--if well > kneaded.

Indeed, you need to knead, that can't be denied.

A well needed kneading will fill the need to knead.

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Ruth
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