alternate lives

Sorry I've been absent.  I have a new Diane Gabaldon audio book and I have just  gotten lost in it!  It's historical romance with a time-travel twist so the heroine, a nurse during WWII, goes back to 18th century Scotlandand falls in love with a handsome, dashing, well-educated Scot.  Lots of good history, with the people fleshed out and memorable. (Bonnie Prince Charlie is charming and  endearing, but not smart enough to take good advice.)  Lots of hot sex.  Lots of trying to save lives without antibiotics.  It makes me SO grateful to live here and now.

Our weekend was low-key. The most exciting thing we did was to try a Volkswalk that was going on in our neighborhood.  We took a 5K route and found it surprisingly enjoyable, so we joined the organization and look forward to more of the same. It's just too easy to sit around the house and fall into the computer.  We need to get our old bones out and moving.

Unlike the rest of the US, our weekend was cool and damp.  I think the high for the whole weekend was 63 degrees.  We had a couple of rip-snorting thunderstorms sweep through at night, and one toad-strangler that washed over us on Saturday.  Sunday, we went to the farmer's market and got fresh radishes, carrots, goat cheese and hummus.  We considered buying and trying some Yak from the exotic meats ranch, but decided to wait a bit longer.  They also raise elk, emu, ostrich and bison.   Maybe an exotic barbecue this summer?  We could play, "Guess what you're eating."  Would you come?