… When the power is restored, transfer the roast to oven, resume normal cooking activities, play some “smooth whiskey blues,” and thank your lucky stars you’ll be eating before midnight 🙂


And when the power is not returned to thee at the appointed time, light thine charcoals in order to save the holy ($95) standing rib roast. (It was an accidental purchase…)


The second rule is to continue to relax. Light some candles and play a couple games of cribbage.


When the power goes out just before cooking Thanksgiving dinner, the first rule is not to panic. Instead, go for a sunset walk.


I have had four jobs today:

  • Read books ✔️
  • Go for a walk ✔️
  • Make whippy cream ✔️
  • Read more books ✔️

It’s a happy Thanksgiving


Sometimes, you just can’t finish the chapter


Alan Jacobs: “Even as we try to keep the humanities-in-the-university afloat, I think we need to spend a lot of time imagining the humanities without the university.”

This is what I happily but doubtfully but still hopefully call “the subtle arts and humanities.” 🤓


If only it were that simple.



Rainy day shenanigans