March 2025

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

  • 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
  • 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
  • Book – A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain, 1889
  • 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

I somehow flubbed the last two scheduled posts this month — apologies to the subscribers who accidentally got multiple posts in your inbox yesterday!

Arts + Crafts

Nothing this month (again)!

Food + Health

I am currently sharing more about my cooking hobby on a separate blog/newsletter — Eats + Makes

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wine tasting project – Wine Folly by Madeline Puckette, 2015
  • The Conqueror “Star Trek: The Next Generation” series, “Data vs Lore” section
  • The Conqueror “Conquer 2025” annual challenge

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