tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post6672867467469608222..comments2024-01-24T01:27:11.111-05:00Comments on Café Muscato: File Under "Wonderland, Winter"Muscatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-41435445812301962232016-01-25T14:57:13.082-05:002016-01-25T14:57:13.082-05:00I adore the novel as well - and the author was a f...I adore the novel as well - and the author was a fascinating woman.Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-34500675054613384162016-01-25T14:56:44.070-05:002016-01-25T14:56:44.070-05:00We're contemplating several options for retire...We're contemplating several options for retirement, none of them in the north. Florida doesn't really tempt, but we're hoping to have a look one of these days at Palm Springs. The only trouble with California, though, other than it's total unfamiliarity, is that it's so tarsomely far from Egypt. <br /><br />And I quite agree about the ridiculousness of all-news-no-information-all-the-time world. It's one of the reasons we've so enjoyed having cut the TV cord. I listen to an hour of NPR, read a few papers, and that's more than enough - the horrors of local TV news are just too much to be borne.Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-18484203651957621612016-01-25T12:04:50.440-05:002016-01-25T12:04:50.440-05:00The 24 hour news cycle of the most recent decade h...The 24 hour news cycle of the most recent decade has, in my opinion, ruined snow and all other kinds of weather. I quite agree that what transpired this weekend - while not exactly normal at a not insubstantial 24-30" in north central NJ - used to simply be known as winter. Snow happened with some regularity, 4 or 5 times a season. You heard about it a day or two ahead, you prepared, and then you dealt with it. Nowadays, it's all dire predictions and "millions impacted" and how many thousands without power, and watch out for coastal flooding, and general overkill. The talking heads must fill airtime so let's scare the crap out of everyone and make them buy more stuff to comfort themselves.<br /><br />Of course, at 50, I am quite over snow in general. I do hope to head to warmer climes in a decade or so when the husband and I are ready to sell the shop and call it a career. Perhaps Peenee can clear the guest room 'round about 2026. Unless, of course, you've returned to the Sand Lands, Muscato, or someplace stateside warm and sunny.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851297819829806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-23632789477569349422016-01-25T07:59:19.891-05:002016-01-25T07:59:19.891-05:00If I may say the novel "Enchanted April"...If I may say the novel "Enchanted April" is far more better than the film... You really can smell spring.<br />(and you would probabaly enjoy "Elisabth in her English garden" too)Jérômehttp://billetspoulets.canalblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-14803915772796383522016-01-23T21:51:24.582-05:002016-01-23T21:51:24.582-05:00It all sounds terribly Canadian to me. They call t...It all sounds terribly Canadian to me. They call that "summer". JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-6880295959037076862016-01-23T18:29:37.288-05:002016-01-23T18:29:37.288-05:00A childhood on the Gulf of Mexico and a subsequent...A childhood on the Gulf of Mexico and a subsequent life in snowfree San Francisco has left me with a deep suspicion of snow. I say god bless and drop us a line if you need evacuation. The turkey chili sounds tast-eee.mrpeeneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361948301941861890noreply@blogger.com