Predicted rain fell all yesterday afternoon, so we went to a movie theater and watched VICE. Regardless of one’s political views, Christian Bale’s portrayal of former Vice President Dick Cheney is extraordinary.
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Today is sunny and cool.
We walked on the beach before checking out of our hotel, then drove over to the condo, swinging past the locked boat yard, where GANNET is still in the travel lift slings. However, the tape at her waterline has been removed which leads me to believe that they have finished painting and she will go into the water Monday. Three premature cheers.
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Here is the list of books I read from July through December:
A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY AND RESTORATION OF MRS. MARY ROWLANDSON Mary Rolandson
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA Ernest Hemingway
CHESAPEAKE James Michener
CANNERY ROW John Steinbeck
SEVEN BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS Carlo Rovelli
D DAY THROUGH GERMAN EYES Holger Eckhertz
D DAY THROUGH GERMAN EYES BOOK 2 Holger Eckhertz
ARMOR AND BLOOD Dennis Showalter
GENESIS Eduardo Galeano
ANNA KARENINA Leo Tolstoy
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Kenneth Grahame
MADAME BOVARY Gustave Flaubert
CHESAPEAKE OYSTERS Kate Levie
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie
Barrows
WHAT WE BECOME Arturo Perez-Reverte
FIRE Sebastian Junger
THE FIRE AT MORNING Scott Ridley
UNDER FIRE Henri Barbusse
STORM OF STEEL Ernst Junger
AT FREDDIE’S Penelope Fitzgerald
TELL THEM OF BATTLES, KINGS & ELEPHANTS Mathias Enard
EUROPE CENTRAL William T. Vollmann
A TOMB FOR BORIS DAVIDOVICH Danilo Kiš
THE STORY OF MY ESCAPE Giacomo Casanova
SUGAR MONEY Jane Harris
AS I LAY DYING William Faulkner
AS I LAY DYING William Faulkner
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A friend asked what freeze dry meals I bought and which are my favorites:
Here is what I bought. The order is how Amazon shipped them to me. I’ve put an asterisk by my favorites, though most of my favorites are New Zealand’s Backcountry Cuisine, which I can’t buy in the US. Several of these I have not tried and so am taking on spec. If they are terrible, I probably have enough others so I won’t have to eat them except in emergency. I have indicated those with #
MH = Mountain House
MH Beef Stew *
MH Italian Style Pepper Steak with Rice #
MH Chicken with Dumplings #
Backpackers Pantry Potatoes with Gravy and Beef #
MH Sweet and Sour Pork
MH Chicken Breast with Rib Meat and Mashed Potatoes #
MH Rice and Chicken *
MH Beef Stronganoff with Noodles
MH Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Backpackers Pantry Louisiana Red Beans and Rice *
Backpackers Pantry Sante Fe Style Rice with Chicken *
MH Pasta Primavera
MH Chicken Fried Rice #
MH Chicken Stew *
Alpine Aire Leonardo da Fettuccine *
Alpine Aire Three Cheese Chicken Pasta
The choices are completely subjective. Many people might hate them all.
