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Yesterday I sewed the first edge of bias tape to one of the armholes, after
several false starts. I called P to chat and get the usual update; he’ll be
coming home today as scheduled to deal with his drivers license and, like,
actually rest and get some contiguous focus time in on his fall courses. At
work I fixed the temporary nodes issue in pytheo, and moved on to the LIA
tests. Home, then I did a turn through the garden and picked snow peas and
blackcurrants, weeded a bit, and cleared the current flush of comfrey out
of the radish bed. I had a nice chat with the neighbor about edible,
horticultural, and medicinal plants, and the relative virtues of growing up
in the country versus just reading a lot. For dinner I sautéed a quarter of
the cabbage with peppers and parsley, then proceeded to not put any of it
in my more Katie-sized stir fry of asparagus and snow peas. Legends, snack,
sleep.

G news: he will probably do out the rest of the week in the hospital to get
his cardiac symptoms under control, but is sleeping better.

health

Yesterday I finished the back yoke seam, felled the side seams, tested out
a few approaches to a rolled hem, and hemmed the back. I’m using a 4mm
rolled-hem foot, staystitching in the hem allowance. It’s not magic but it
seems to work out okay if you pay attention and go slow. For future
iterations I’ll probably hem them before doing up the side seams.

I went to the farmers market and got asparagus, cauliflower, cabbage,
shishito peppers, parsley, and coriander, and a sourdough salted dark
chocolate cookie.

Home, cut the cauliflower into planks, roasted in the oven for a half hour
at 375, flipping once. Had brie and sesame crackers for lunch. Did laundry;
clothes and towels. Surreal folding a load of only my clothes. Cleared off
the back porch in prep for the masonry guys tomorrow. Found a bunch of olla
demos and red clay, an abandoned mouse nest, a much more pleasant and very
cozy abandoned nuthatch nest, trashed a bunch of stuff. Don’t let me clean
your place exhausted unless you’re interested in a more Buddhist way of
life. Cookie for snack; was really pleased with past-me for that.

P called; I made dinner out of Priya’s new book, sorta, worked out well.
Mustard seeds and curry leaves, turmeric, ground coriander seed, and winter
squash was the base, but I added red lentils for protein, chopped prunes to
replace the caramelized onions, and some of the roasted cauliflower. Enough
leftovers for a couple lunches.

Finished Moon Over Soho and started Whispers Under Ground. He’s getting
better at writing women.

G update: everybody’s tired. He’s off the opiates, which is good, but still
coughing, which hurts, not so good. T and M just came up for the afternoon,
not to stay. Some of D’s folks might come up later this week to help.