Stuff and nonsense

[jethrien]

Pork chops are so much better with the cast iron pan. The surfaces get a nice browning and the inside stays so juicy.

Attempts to write my husband's grandmother into a comic Lovecraft parody have gone poorly. I think the concept for the story has a lot of potential, but I just cannot nail the tone. Feh.

We are buying a new computer. We have been checking out specs using the old computer. It feels a little like making the HR guy process his own pink slip paperwork.

I am about to attempt the first watercolor painting I've done in about three years. I have so many amazing photos from Italy, but they all intimidate the hell out of me.

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[maydove.livejournal.com]

Which one do you think you'll paint? That reminds me, I need to try out my watercolor set sometime...probably with an easy scene though.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

I went with the gondolas we first saw in Venice.

[beastin.livejournal.com]

I always brown things with my cast iron skillet. That seems to be its strength. Usually I also use a lid. This produces heavenly pork chops when everything works out right.

The pan would be way more useful if it distributed heat better, but I went looking for a cast iron pan with a copper bottom a few weeks ago to no avail.