tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post4659581380402922218..comments2024-03-28T18:10:13.551-04:00Comments on Field and Fen: Chop wood, carry water, make mac et cheese avec un bon coup de broccoliBoudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-49226698133388134372014-10-21T23:54:04.230-04:002014-10-21T23:54:04.230-04:00Nice rug and nice looking mac 'n' cheese.Nice rug and nice looking mac 'n' cheese.Minimisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291343622384393336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-18131029430577738552014-10-19T08:44:57.212-04:002014-10-19T08:44:57.212-04:00You have me giggling at the Cat's response to ...You have me giggling at the Cat's response to the rug. But I think it is quite lovely, I like the pattern and the colour scheme.<br /><br />I am in envy of your Mac and Cheese. It looks simply divine!sadodosahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04778424098848698951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-46480608720942463342014-10-17T22:15:32.992-04:002014-10-17T22:15:32.992-04:00I'm sure the suspicious looking rug will be ha...I'm sure the suspicious looking rug will be happily accepted by the cats - once one of them musters the courage to go and roll on it and dub it theirs. I've never been on a retreat but have to say that you certainly make it sound appealing!Magpie's Mumblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852241848575954128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-66535311913264817252014-10-17T21:51:21.000-04:002014-10-17T21:51:21.000-04:00I like your new rug, and hope the cats will, too! ...I like your new rug, and hope the cats will, too! Last year I bought a small rug for the parlor, and after dragging it into the house, had to push it back outside and leave it rolled loosely on my screenporch for a week to reduce the smell of whatever a new non-woolen rug smells like. A definite eau d'industrial warehouse miasma. Fine later, though, thank goodness.<br />I've had very similar thoughts lately about handing the reins to someone else for a few days or a week, and simply "doing as you're told"...could be very freeing, especially if meal preparation was part of the deal! That part sounds especially appealing, as my idea of an easy dinner is a can of cashews and an apple. (But I have to PEEL the apple. It's like cooking!)<br />Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292701509476856967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905003879789876177.post-62669602860724822402014-10-17T19:04:41.275-04:002014-10-17T19:04:41.275-04:00youve summed up the workshop atmosphere exactly, L...youve summed up the workshop atmosphere exactly, Liz; I was in a writer's workshop in Iowa city years ago and that was exactly the same: definite events, definite places, times and coordinates and class rooms and free time all shaped around the writing there. Freeing, no one to have to explain anything to, and a culture shock to come home and have to cook/clean/be me again. Even leaving the interstate and trying to slow down to 65 mph was a jolt...<br /><br />the rug is perfect, btw. and the cats will forgive you eventually, if not instantlymittenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878611591683283429noreply@blogger.com