// what i did //
– developed a couple of recipes for quick lunches and dinners for my mama Tixqueen (check out my muffin tin breakfast casseroles above!)
– paid bills (ugh)
– shared some thoughts on the word “enough” on my friend Jamie’s blog
– got called in to work a wonderful class on outdoor entertaining with Chef Brian Kelley!
– saw some beautiful azaleas outside the music building before my voice lesson
– cleaned off the kitchen table (hooray!)
– costume fitting!
– made an Important Announcement™ on Facebook
// what i learned //
– an overwhelming number of people support me. I mean overwhelming. Whoa.
– based on the survey on my Facebook, most of my friends/colleagues consider cheesecake to be a pie, not a cake–or in a category all its own!
// what i loved //
– talking about some of the different types of tea on the Eggshells Kitchen Co. blog
– apps for your garden!
– this piece on what $29 a week really looks like for actual low-income families on SNAP benefits
// what i’m working on musically //
– This week, I brought in “Adieu”, the final piece in Gabriel Fauré’s Poème d’un jour to my lesson. If you’ve not heard it, there are lots of lovely recordings, but one of the most engaging is this recording of Diana Damrau with Xavier de Maistre accompanying on harp. Obviously I didn’t have a harpist. Still just as beautiful with piano!
– more silly Offenbach choruses!
// what i’m wishing for & looking forward to next week //
– I’ve got tickets to see John Waters at the Arkansas Literary Festival!
– SUPER NERDY, but they’re supposed to announce who won the lottery for Antiques Roadshow tickets this summer when they’re in Little Rock! FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED, Y’ALL
– showing off my pie at The Root Cafe’s Traditional Pie Baking Contest next Sunday!