sorry, that was bad..explanation near the end..
Hannah and I took a long walk around downtown. Considering my record of dog walking, it seems I should mark these occasions. She allowed me to take a longer walk around town and it is just so pleasant outside - absolutely no sweating during our evening walk - amazing!!! Merle Haggard is playing down at the Amphitheater. I think the opening act was Jamie Johnson or something? Anyhow, it turns out there is a great area to catch a free show in the Tuscaloosa News office - free parking, great sound, and if you bring binoculars you may actually see someone on stage. In fact, there was a decent crowd in the parking lot and the grassy knoll surrounding it. They had brought out lawn chairs, coolers, and a festive atmosphere. Tailgating for a free concert - for sure something we'll need to do soon for perhaps Gotye or the Avett Brothers...(or maybe Kelly Clarkson - ha!!)
If you've got 20 minutes to spare, here is a short film with David Rakoff called The New Tenants...Not the greatest resolution, but it's good. The link for the movie is for the first 10 minutes, then part two starts automatically afterwards. It's dark, dark, dark and most definitely not suitable for the children or for work due to language...It's kind of amazing the story you can tell in 20 minutes...you never know where you'll be taken and what you'll feel like afterwards...given my attention span these days, short films are probably more my cup of tea...sigh...I fear I'm getting all too glum about Rakoff's passing...searching for his writings, listening to past interviews...just pathetically wallowing in it... I learned of the movie upon listening to the the Fresh Air interview between Terry Gross and David... I also, for good measure, picked up his book - Don't Get Too Comfortable, at the library - a collection of essays (again, given my attention span, just the right length, but perhaps a bit longer than my usual reading material - recipes and magazine articles....). All this new searching, reading, watching, listening...because he died recently...sorta like how I revisited Michael Jackson's music after he passed. Do I not appreciate things until they are gone? Seems to be the case. I hope to remedy that soon. PEOPLE!! I love you!!! You know who you are!! small steps...I need to stop reading his words of cynicism and pessimism because it's transporting me back to my annoying angsty high school self (**eye roll**). For a complete 180 on David Rakoff, imagine him white water river rafting...with Glenn Close...he wrote about it for Outside Magazine here
On a slightly upbeat note...I made this recipe today for carrot and tomato quinoa and it was just delightful - I had no spinach so I just added a can of black eyed peas (sans Fergie) for an extra protein punch - much more satisfying that I thought it would be, excited for leftovers. I also put together a naan dough via our 5 minute artisan bread recipes and the first go around was moist and spongy...sorta like injera but with more chew and less sour...mmmm bread...I'm very excited (hence the blog post title) about baking "naan-stop" the coming week...why so punny Chau? And bad puns at that...
Here are random pictures...worked in the garden a little bit in the evening..mosquitoes were RIDICULOUS so it was a short session...at one point I looked over to see 5 swarming Hannah...she couldn't really understand my swatting (and accidental smacking of her head) were all for her own good...she does take pills for heartworm which is passed via mosquitoes, but she don't need to test to see if it works or not!!
also, happy birthday to my youngest brother Anthony...
xo
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