Unplugged

November’s sky is chill and drear
November’s leaf is red and sear.
— Sir Walter Scott, Marmion

I had plugged back into social media awhile back - Facebook, Instagram, and Threads - but just disconnected again. I fall into it way too easily and it was filling every free moment of time. I will doubtlessly return to it but for now I need to clear my head a bit. There are things I want to read and think about and it’s difficult to do so when I can effortlessly fall back into another lost half-hour or more of scrolling.

Regarding the midterms, the writing has been on the wall for months. The only real question was how loud the final outcome was going to be. That’s as political as I’m likely to get here for reasons I’ve already discussed. I don’t have much else to add to the discourse, honestly.

We finished Agatha All Along by of preparing for Visionquest. We liked it! It was fun and Halloweeny. Last night we started S2 of Ludwig, another local favorite.

Food this week included a Provençal-style braised chicken and Pappardalle with Basil and Anchovies. Both came from Milk Street’s Tuesday Nights Mediterranean and were absolutely wonderful. Highly recommended. Their recipes are huge bang-for-the-buck in terms of effort and flavors. To wit: no leftovers of either remain.