Christmastide 2026 - Candlemas

 Monday, February 2, 2026

Got the tree down today. Well, one of 'em anyway. 

One of these days I'll make porridge again but for today it was just oatmeal. Still delicious. 

I did have some gingersnaps today with raspberry jelly. I meant to make a gingerbread cake this January but the grocery store didn't have the mix. 

MLK Weekend 2020 - Oatmeal, Walking Athena, & The Crown

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Lost my recipe for porridge. Oatmeal with LOTS of brown sugar will have to do. 

Beautiful morning for walking Athena. Temps in the 20s however they plummeted to single digits by late morning.

Quiet evening in. We watched episode 5 of season 3 of The Crown. I was upset to learn of the cast changes after season 2 but have now fallen in love with the portrayals by the new actors. 

Post Christmas Season 2017/2018 - MLK

Monday, January 15, 2018

I always take a little time on Martin Luther King, Jr.  day to think about MLK but to also reflect on the past Christmas season and to do a few of the things I never get to during the actual Christmas season.

It's become something of a tradition to listen to Sting's If On a Winter's Night on MLK Day. It's become one of my holiday favorites and I think it lends itself well to midwinter January quite nicely. 

I also usually drink a shot of Jaegermeister but this year I needed to finish up the Bailey's Irish Cream, so I did. And I got 4 shots worth out of it before emptying the bottle. 

I like the idea of making porridge which I've done a couple of times before. It's a Swedish thing which is part of my background but I usually just make oatmeal with lots of brown sugar 'cuz it's just a bit easier. 

I usually do something with gingerbread. Yesterday I bought some mix but didn't get to making it today. At least I made it that far. I think I'll make it this week and then make some bread pudding out of it for when we have Warren over this coming Friday. 

Christmas Day 2013 - Oatmeal

I had every intention of making a Christmas porridge this morning. The recipe calls for short grain rice but when we went shopping yesterday morning, I was disappointed to find out the grocery store was out of it. I was in no mood to attempt more grocery shopping on Christmas Eve so I decided we'd have oatmeal instead. We loaded it up with brown sugar but the butter really helped make it divine. Porridge will have to wait for New Year's Day...