Delora (mugging, at right in photo) treated Kathleen and me to a live performance of “Sister Act” at the newly-renovated Burbank Theater at SRJC. We had a fun evening, walking around the campus in the fading summer light: all of us spent lots of time here. The performance was enthusiastic and uplifting. Thanks, Delora!
Visited the fabulous Guo Pei Exhibit at the Legion of Honor — it is as astonishing as my friends described!
This dress looks like a tabernacle to me.
I got a ride to San Francisco with hiking buddy Laura because the lease on her electric car is coming to an end and she needs to use up the miles. My membership in the Fine Arts Museum allows two tickets, so it worked out for both of us!
The photographs do not capture the architecture or dazzling use of materials by Guo Pei. It is truly something that needs to be seen in person to be appreciated. I’m so glad that the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco art show more work by people who aren’t straight, Christian, able-bodied white males.
The 21st of July is the birthday of my friend Linda so we celebrated by checking out the new Mitote (a kind of folk dance) Food Park on Sebastopol Rd. right in front of El Mercadito. She bought some little bracelets for her granddaughter (three for $10) and we shopped at a Joyeria. Tacos were yummy and we walked to a deluxe ice cream place across the street for birthday ice cream. Happy birthday, Linda!
Our Local Celebrities: Snoopy and Moi
COLLECTIVE ARISING at the SMA
Dianne led an OLLI Art Group Tour of the Black Artists’ Collectives show at the Sonoma County Museum in downtown Santa Rosa. Four of us had lunch afterwards and Bird n’ Bottle for an invigorating discussion of how the Press Democrat was rapacious in its attack on Judy Sakaki. What a joy to spend time with women who read, think and take part in the community!
The Collectives are not the only thing that is arising — our leader, Linda Loveland Reid could not join us because Covid is on the rise again and she caught it while traveling. We all were asked to wear masks inside the museum.
There I am — Way In The Back
Nancy took this photo from her Oru foldable kayak. Lori organized a Girls Paddle for the Fourth of July with Brigette, Greer, and Robin whom I met for the first time. She is a songwriter who uses GarageBand. I learned that Brigette is three years younger than I am and was born in Austria. She and Lori each spent about $800 on gasoline to drive their Travatos to Seattle and back. A Travato gets about 16 mpg, a little more if they travel “dry” and fill their water tanks when they arrive at a site with “hookups.”
Quick and yummy breakfast because the quinoa is precooked with Japanese yam, turmeric, ginger, green onions and fresh kale from my garden. To add texture and crunchiness, I add slivered almonds or pistachio nutmeats or walnut pieces, toasted sesame, chopped red onion or green onion. A hard boiled egg or thin-sliced porcini to add some protein. Peach mango salsa adds zest and tang. Sliced fresh peaches are the best!
To cook: saute onion, ginger, yam, kale, turmeric, then add washed quinoa to toast slightly before adding 1.5 as much stock as quinoa. Cook 12-15 minutes.