Kathleen Norris (author of THE CLOISTER WALK, DAKOTA, and others) sent notice of dictionary.com’s Word of the Day for this past Saturday. Stridulate. Check out the “Origin of Stridulate.” https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/stridulate-2020-06-13/ (Bob) Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality
REMEMBERING TOMIE on June 15, 2020
Another favorite stop for Tomie, on the way to the Weston Playhouse, or if we just happened to be in the area, was the Country Girl Diner in Chester, Vermont. Tomie began to eat at the Country Girl in the late 1960s. His favorite item on the menu from the past was tomato corn chowder. http://www.countrygirldiner.com/ (Bob) Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality
REMEMBERING TOMIE on June 14, 2020
Tomie loved going to the Weston Playhouse in Weston, Vermont, each summer. He had already planned trips to see productions of “Kinky Boots” and “Steel Magnolias.” He would have been disappointed that the season was canceled. A stop along the way to Weston was often the Rockingham Meeting House, “the oldest building in Vermont that still exists in a condition close to its original state.” https://irma.nps.gov/Datastore/DownloadFile/577300 (Bob) Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality
REMEMBERING TOMIE on June 13, 2020
Tomie had a favorite Guy Wolff pot. It was placed in his bedroom so that it was the first thing he’d see in the morning, and the last at night. He wanted cut flowers in it as often as possible. The peonies have begun to bloom and I put three in the Wolff pot today. His favorite peony was coral. He loved the changes in color as it went from opening to spreading as wide as a sauce plate to petals dropping. http://www.guywolff.com/ (Bob) Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality
REMEMBERING TOMIE on June 12, 2020
Tomie was often asked to contribute recipes for fundraiser cookbooks. It was easy for him to share a recipe because he loved cooking and found it relaxing. The recipe, “Basic Lentil Soup,” is more suited for chilly weather. I can attest it was “delicioso,” as his friend Gene Youngken would say when he thought he was speaking… Italian. This contribution was in the 1994 “Eggs, Easels and Epicures: Mazza Collection Cookbook” from the University of Findlay (Ohio). (Bob) Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality.
