Reading, another update...

My reading of The Optimist's Daughter was delayed a little bit. I went to Borders and got some other books instead. And I read The Stranger by Albert Camus. The whole thing. In one night. Six Hours. Go me. :)

Now, I'm going back to Welty. OR AM I?

Dinner

Spent the day reading and cooking and occasionally internetting. Have you heard about this internet thing? It's all the rage.

Dinner was, what's the word... FABULOUS. First was a bacon-balsamic wilted spinach salad (with mandarin orange slices and walnuts tossed in, because I wanted to). Very easy to make. Fry up a couple slices of bacon (set 'em aside to drain), sweat a half a red onion in the bacon grease, add a little bit of sugar (like teaspoon, perhaps), a little salt and pepper, and a couple tablespoons of balsmic vinegar. Pour it over a bowl of baby spinach with bacon bits (and some mandaring orange slices and walnuts, if you choose), toss, and eat.

And then there was dinner; Bacon and Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms. ( The Recipe )

I washed it down with a glass of Lindeman's Shiraz, which I though would go nicely with the bold flavor of the mushrooms. That and I don't like white wine as much as red. The only thing that was missing, the thing that's always missing, was someone special to eat it with. Still, though, it beats a kick in the balls.