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Interesting.

One of the benefits of gardening in the South. January 27: tomatoes are sprouting and onions are planted.

Eureka! I finally discovered a good use for whey left over from yogurt-making. Add it to the pot when cooking steel-cut oatmeal. Makes for a delicious tangy breakfast. (BTW, the soft-boiled egg and s.c. oatmeal combo is dynamite.) 🍳

Tragedy and Christianity are incommensurable,
he declared, which we’d have chalked to bluster
had he not, within the month, held a son
hot from the womb but cold to his kiss,
and over a coffin compact as a toolbox wept
in the wrecked unreachable way that most resist,
and that all of us, where we are most ourselves,
turn away from.
                              Bonded and islanded 
by the silence, we waited there,
desperate, with our own pains, to believe,
desperate, with our own pains, not to.

Started tomato plants by seed today in the garage. Will use grow lights when (if) they sprout, then repot, then into the ground come Spring. Never tried doing it this way before. Fingers crossed.

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... the third place tavern combines drinking with conversation such that each improves the other. The talking/drinking synergism is basic to the pub, tavern, taverna, bistro, saloon, estaminet, osteria -- whatever it is called and wherever it is found... [J]ust as conversation is enhanced by the temperate use of alcohol, the artful and witty game of conversation moderates consumption of liquor. As Tibor Scitovsky remarked with respect to those who know how to use a public drinking facility, "a half-pint of beer is to talk as bed is to making love -- one can do without, but does better with.”

• .75 oz Old Tom Gin
• .75 oz London Dry Gin (Tanq or Beefeater)
• 1.5 oz dry vermouth (I prefer Dolin)
• .25 oz Luxardo liqueur (worth having around for other classic cocktails, such as the Aviation)
• 2 dashes anise liqueur (absininthe, pernod, etc.)
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• lemon twist garnish (important!)

So beautifully balanced. [chef's kiss emoji goes here.]