A Calendar's Days are Numbered

Although I'm not in session until 1 October, I'm still eating quasi- Marjorie. Last week I tried an aspic. Yes, I know Julia C. scraped beef bones to make it jell, not moi. I open a tiny brown envelope of Knox. Not having any beef in the house for a decade makes a beef bone hard to come by.

Anyway, the aspic was cool and quivery. It was a gazpacho recipe that I have always loved. One that features summer time tomatoes , honey , whole lemons and a glug of red wine.With a slice of roast chicken and a two bite brownie, life was good.

I am reading Marjorie's letters again; the ones Gordon Biglow edited.I am struck by her " human habitation keeps a house standing." In an age of foreclosure, so many houses have been left with the doors swinging open.They don't seem alive anymore in the same way a loved one seems a stranger when the last breath goes.