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View from my window including flowers that friends brought me.
I enjoy the view but I am not yet going out of the house. |
In My Kitchen: August 2025
It’s been a difficult month as I started it with a major medical procedure and I am still recovering. All the cooking in my kitchen was done by Len, Evelyn, Tom, and Alice. Obviously this means we ate many delicious breakfasts, lunches and dinners. And although I am getting better, I still don’t have the strength to comment on other blogs. I have enjoyed some of the posts by Deb Nance and a few others. I’ll be back!
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| One example of Len’s great cooking: French toast on the griddle. |
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| Dinner: French toast, sautéed apples and nectarines, maple syrup. |
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| Tomato-Basil-Feta-Prosciutto Salad. |
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| Meatball Dinner |
Peaches in Season
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Our neighbor Mary brought us a beautiful basket of peaches from South Haven, MI.
We love peaches! |
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Evelyn and Tom were at Costco while Mary was bringing us the peaches.
We lived up to the challenge: not one peach wasted! |
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| Peach Cobbler |
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| Peach jam |
Late-August Reading
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All the gods became very modern for this detailed story.
Nice book but it should be half as long! |
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The plot of this book is based on real events that took place in Ann Arbor years ago.
The author is a good writer but not very good at inventing a plot. |
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Reading now: Katabasis, brand new novel from R.F.Kuang.
After 100 pages: disappointed.
UPDATE: After 200 pages bored. Gave up. |
Photos by Len and Alice
Blog post © 2025 mae sander
15 comments:
Katabasis is on its way to me in our county library system, and I have been looking forward to it. I hope it doesn't disappoint me. I enjoyed Babel a lot, but book one of Poppy War was extremely violent, and, after some consideration, I've decided to skip the rest of the series.
All that good food should accelerate your healing, I think! I'm sending lots of good thoughts your way, Mae.
Best wishes for a complete and rapid recovery.
Daaaaang, Mae! Did I miss a post? What happened??? At least you are in good hands with all that delicious food being prepared for you! I hope you have a speedy recovery and are out and about on your next adventure sooooon! Big hugs to you!
Little Fires...I see that I gave it 5 stars on GR but did I plug in the date read? No. Did I include a review? No. I remember watching the series on Hulu and that I enjoyed it.
Hello,
Best wishes for your speedy recovery! Your food all looks delicious. Take care, have a wonderful week!
Lots of yummy food pictures. I stopped at a farm on Friday and got some peaches, I want a peach cobbler as well! I hope you are recovering.
I do hope your recovery goes smoothly! It looks like you ate well anyway. Here's to the caregivers!
I am glad I am not the only one unimpressed with Little Fires. I found it annoying---those privileged, unthankful people!-- and a self- centered protagonist, at least in my opinion.
I hope your recovery continues and doesn't drag on for too long. But lucky you to have such wonderful caretakers and chefs. I hope you're back on your "feet" soon.
Oh Mae, I'm so sorry you have been ill. I'm slowly returning to blogland and thought your non-posts meant you were on another glorious journey. This one -- not so glorious, though I suspect a journey of another kind. Sending wishes to full and complete healing and soon, too. I'm so grateful you are being well tended to and know you have the most loving of care.
The gift of food has an added ingredient love and wishes for food health, and sending some from East Texas as well. Do get well in body and spirit, I look forward to your candor and insights, next month!
I'm so sorry you had to have a major medical procedure done. Here's hoping for a speedy and full recovery. So sad that the book you were reading was so disappointing.
Sounds like you are being well taken care of - in the eating department anyway. Everything looks delicious. Your flowers are lovely as is your view. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
I'm so glad you're healing and that you have a band of people to help take care of you while you are on the mend. I hope it was all successful!
I hope you are feeling much better very soon Mae. Thanks so much for doing an IMK post this month.
cheers
sherry
Wishing you a complete recovery Mae :)
Mr. M. is looking at your blog and I go through it. I came to the peach cobbler and he started licking his lips. Said it looks so good. All of the food is amazing.
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