Next: deeper, less mince, more butter

Yesterday I made more tarts, with nuts, half with just the butter tart mixture and half with just mincemeat. Higher oven temp. The butter tarts came out amazing; the mince ones were too boozy, possibly needed more time in the oven.

After lunch P drove me in to Oakland for a therapy appointment, which was good; downloaded all of the holidays and family stuff. P drove me back home, then we did the crossword before he left again to go meet up with A. They ate at Yuva, the Indian place on Craig, with much rejoicing. She wants him to be more confident and assertive in his application materials, but I think he will wait on that until it more accurately reflects his actual approach to teaching. I finished the final seam on the final couch seat cover, and installed them both in the couch. Everything you sit on in the living room is now purple. The ottomans will wait until I’m no longer tired of purple canvas. Finder continues grand.

Did some dialogue diagramming for my Villanelle test project, then dinner, Voyager, snack, and sleep.