Poppin'

Luke and I were hungry, the fridge only had jars (and jars) of  jams, pastes, and sauces, like Madame Blueberry's ceramic jars. What to eat? Luckily, I have a friend who sells me eggs from her chickens, so we had plenty...scrambled eggs last night, popovers tonight!

They are a family favorite, simple and buttery. We add more butter, and Bonne Maman raspberry jam.

And salad, with a mustardy vinaigrette, onions, and bleu cheese.

And probably one of the 11 kinds of ice cream in the freezer...this is my mother's fault!

I wonder what we will find in the cupboards tomorrow night? Ooo, I just remembered we have jiao zi (Chinese dumplings) in the freezer...sounds like it's happening!

Tomorrow will also bring doughnuts to the house, because I forgot to pick them up today. Thursday is doughnut day here, generally.

Other things pop around here, sometimes. Goodwill always has my favorite men's shirts...flannel or henley...I may have been there again this week.

Church Craic

Eric and I are traveling in Ireland this week, spending today in the Malahide area, and finding ourselves in a bakery that every Teall or Brinkman would envy.

We ended the day at the bar in Jurys Hotel across from Christ Church Cathedral (900 years of Anglican and previously Catholic worship) where we attended Ash Wednesday Services, listening to this rendition of Ps 51 from antiphonal choirs. I could not help but think how much Carol would have loved hearing it.

We had apple berry crisp, cappuccino, sticky toffee pudding Patricia would have loved, and some wonderful bleu cheese.

We end the day with new Paddy Caps that Vincent men look fine in (you too, Zach), and look forward to visiting County Clare and the Cliffs of Moher tomorrow.

Apparently we both are family men, carrying all of you in our hearts.