January is the coldest month here. And this year is no different. Today the high reached 3, really. And that's from a low of -17. A warming trend is coming Wed with a high of 25 - practically beach weather.
I think the cold has caused some kind of frantic cooking spell on my part. Some great new dishes have come out of this. A butternut squash/ kale pasta recipe, really good and healthy, a mushroom and fresh thyme soup, good and also healthy, while tasting creamy and high fat, made with chicken stock and low fat milk, and my most fun thing yet - homemade cinnamon walnut, raisin, cranberry bread. No-knead, really easy, you just need a cast iron pot with a lid for the blazing hot temps that make the fantastic crust. Yummy. The soup and the bread recipes come from a blog I've started following. Forkontheroadblog.com. She's a chef who has a street crepe and waffle stand at various markets etc. in Vermont, splitting her time between there and their renovated country home in France. Sounds nice yes?
Good thing we have giant piles of wood. We continue to go through enormous amounts every day.
Genetics and Evolution class is still going well. I do have problem sets to submit that are graded this time. And this weeks lectures were on genetics 101, as in genes, mitosis, etc. Oh, boy...
We had some snow a couple days ago and our neighbor who we've hired to plow our driveway promptly came over. Very cold of course, and he did a great job until his engine kept died. Out came the jumper cables. I don't know, we may have to consider a heavy duty snow blower next year.
The cows the last few days have frost on their backs. Now that's cold...
Off to the History of Gunnison Cty class at Western State. Can't get used to calling it a university, but that's what it is now.
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