Everything is Bananas

Things I miss in a President: decency, honesty, dignity. Integrity. Reasoned, measured speech. Positive leadership. 

So many things. 

Migraine Mood

Riot

Riot. 

Home grown terrorists outside, and inside, the United States Capitol. And the current President, inciting violence. He is a lunatic. 

I have no adequate words. Horrified, apoplectic, disgusted.

America is an embarrassment to itself. 

Office Mate

Herself speaks.

It's going to be a busy few months. 

In addition to my regular job, I'm once more taking on The Project (that I've previously undertaken twice before). It involves a fair amount of work for the next three and a half months, but it's highly enjoyable, and I'm delighted that the opportunity has arisen again. The one wrinkle this time is that, instead of in-person as before, the entire project will take place online (e.g., via Zoom). 'Tis a challenge, to be sure. We'll do our best.

One of the benefits is that I will have my regular wee office mate assisting with this project as well. She's a great help, to be sure, with her tiny soothing presence.

Hellican

I have been in the desert for so many years now, that the ocean seems like a foreign land. Perhaps it is, in a way.

If I concentrate, I can almost hear the waves and smell the salt of the water. What a beautiful place.

And the fauna of oceanside -- so different from desert creatures. 

I am reminded of an old poem, attributed to Dixon Lanier Merritt, that I learned in my childhood:

A wonderful bird is the Pelican.
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can hold in his beak
Enough food for a week!
But I'll be darned if I know how the hellican?

All photos Copyright 2021, Mediocria Firma.

All rights reserved. Used with gratitude.

Delightful Little Things

 I'm not sure how it happened, but I found myself perusing pans on Amazon.com. Specifically, Nordic Ware pans. 

SO DELIGHTFUL.

The very idea, being able to make cakes in so many spectacular shapes. 

Feeling Halloween-y? You can make skeletons; tombstones; a haunted manor, even. 

Is Valentine's Day special to you? Try some heart cakelets, or a heart bundt. 

Know someone who loves trains? They have trains, too. Or maybe you would prefer dinosaurs? There are dinosaurs.

Would flowers be better? There are flowers. Perhaps rosebuds in particular? Or just a big rose bundt? 

Do you need a beehive? Sweet.

How about a pine forest bundt pan? SURE THING. 

There are endless winter holiday pans: snowflakes, winter-themed mini loaves, gingerbread people. And nutcrackers, too. Even a snowman!

Bunnies. BUNNIES! (I might feel a little bad eating a bunny-shaped cake.) 

So many beautiful bundt pans. Like this one, for example. 

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I don't actually need any of these pans. I have more than enough  pans for baked goods (including, in fact, a lovely pan to make insect-shaped muffins). There is something so very aesthetically pleasing about all of these pans, though, that it is marvelous just to look at them.

I might get this one anyway. It will be perfect for pumpkin bread. 

You can find this pan here:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075HJGHKN/

In With The New