What I’ve been reading, watching, making, and otherwise doing for the past month!
In March, I spent most of my free time puttering around in the kitchen and quite honestly just binge-watching The Golden Girls… but I did also do a few productive things — I participated in a couple of genealogy-related mini-events and went to a work conference in Austin.
Books + Media | Arts + Crafts | Food + Health
Books + Media
Finished
Books
- Audiobook – Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, 1963
- Audiobook – Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, 1961
- Audiobook – Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, 1954
- Book – The Perfectly Imperfect Home by Deborah Needleman, 2011
- Theater – Lysistrata by Aristophanes, 411 BC
- Theater – Medea by Euripides, 431 BC
Media
- Movie – Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl starring Orland Bloom, Johnny Depp, and Keira Knightly, 2003
- Movie – Some Like it Hot starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe, 1959
In progress
Books
- Book – A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain, 1889
Media
- TV series – Black Sails starring Luke Arnold, Toby Stephens, et al. 2014–2017
- TV series – The Golden Girls starring Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, and Betty White 1985–1992
- Podcast — You’re Wrong About hosted by Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes, 2018–TBD
Reviewed
I somehow flubbed the last two scheduled posts this month — apologies to the subscribers who accidentally got multiple posts in your inbox yesterday!
- Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (Fiction, print)
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Fiction, print)
- Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (Fiction, print)
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Fiction, print)
- Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh (Fiction, print)
Arts + Crafts
Nothing this month (again)!
Food + Health
Finished
Cooking
I am currently sharing more about my cooking hobby on a separate blog/newsletter — Eats + Makes
Dining + Drinks
- Wine tasting project – Wine Folly by Madeline Puckette, 2015
Ancient Vine Zinfandel from Oak Ridge; Lodi, California - Wine tasting project – Wine Folly by Madeline Puckette, 2015
Chenin Blanc Grand Reserve from Bougrier; Vouvray, Loire, France
- Dined out — Lutie’s in Austin, Texas
Fitness
- Walking, 22 hours (66.25 miles)
- The Conqueror “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” series, “The Gorn” section — 100 total miles
- The Conqueror “Star Trek: The Next Generation” series, “Data vs Lore” section — 48.75 total miles
In progress
Cooking
- Cookbook cook-thru project – Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis, 2023
- Cookbook cook-thru project – Dining In by Alison Roman, 2017
- Cookbook cook-thru project – The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt, 2015
- Cookbook cook-thru project – Methodist Morsels by the Cookbook Committee of the First United Methodist Church of Lamesa, Texas, 1983
- Cookbook cook-thru project – Pirate’s Pantry by the Junior League of Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1976
- Cookbook cook-thru project – Cook’s Illustrated All-Time Best French Recipes, […] Hot and Spicy Recipes, […] Side Dish Recipes special eds., 2018
- Magazine clippings cook-thru project
Dining + Drinks
- Wine tasting project – Wine Folly by Madeline Puckette, 2015
Fitness
- The Conqueror “Star Trek: The Next Generation” series, “Data vs Lore” section
- The Conqueror “Conquer 2025” annual challenge
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