October 2020 – Page 2

October 11, 2020October 11, 2020

Fireside dinner menu # 10

This week’s menu has a lot of braai time. Our potjie did his bit and we even had burgers. We tried fancy fish in foil and then there was the perfect curry. Looking back I see the value in the time we spend together without having to rush off somewhere.

The “boontjiesop” was also made on the fire. Now, you will note that I refer to the Afrikaans, because the English translation just does not sound like it should. The recipe is from the WegTydskrif, but I could not find it online. I promise to write it up this week and share it here.

October 7, 2020October 8, 2020

When we disappoint ourselves…

Emotional tracking continued

Please forgive this incoherent ramble but there has to be a home for this as well amidst the planning and the sorting and the dreaming.

I wrote about the emotional tracking here and I am struggling today to give the anger a name. I have looked up synonyms: irate, annoyed, displeased, irked… I have weighed them up and turned them around in my mind and on paper… but nothing felt appropriate, nothing was exactly right. And then it dawned on me, what I am feeling is not anger or rage… it is “disappointment”.

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

A creature of habit and a stationery addict – because I need my stuff

I have known this about myself for a long time, but I feel that I have to confess: I like to have choices.

Working from home has forced my work life and my home life to become somewhat … messy. It was something like an inappropriate relationship… the one interfering with the other. Articles for editing waiting on my kitchen counter while cooking dinner. Skype calls interfering with the Lilliputians’ late afternoon tantrums.

There was also the back and forth schlepping of my office supplies.

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Fireside Dinner Menu # 9

This week we made a chowder and a soup in our trusty potjie. The Engineer also baked roosterkoek.

The happiest accident was the ham and cheese quesadillas, try them you will love them. We made them the same way as the bolognese ones that you can also try.