Kim and I worked hard today. We cleaned a lot of wild herbs, and scary thorny poisonous weeds. I helped Iris prepare dinner for fourteen; two legs of lamb roasted with garlic and rosemary, along side potatoes, pumpkin, onion, carrots, zucchini, eggplant, and salt. We made fresh pasta tagliatelli with tomatoes, black olives, lemon, oil, and dried red pepper. We made testarone (a plate of Toscana but found nearby here). Its a pasta, water and flour, thinly poured and cooked in a pan like crepes, then cut into pieces and boiled for 30 seconds, tossed in pesto and delicious. Easy. She made a minestre of zucchini, basil, water, oil- enough and divine. Tonight I learned that Sita died yesterday. I called Scott and he sounded despondent, she’s been his baby puppy for four years, its a
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