Jan 14

Saturday, January 14

7:00 am

It is -1 °C, with a high forecast of +6 °C

From the Environment Canada website:

Today Cloudy. Clearing this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h late this morning then increasing to 60 gusting to 80. High 6.

 Tonight Increasing cloudiness. 60 percent chance of flurries late this evening and overnight. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 60. Low minus 13.

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Normals: Max. -2 °C  Min. -14 °C


11:30 am Cooking

First task this morning was to put everything together for a nice bean soup. The primary ingredient was 2 cups of Nutter's Nine Bean Soup mixture.

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A slice of ham, cut into small pieces was also important.

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Plus 8 cups of vegetable broth, some tomatoes, and some spices.

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This is the result:

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8:00 PM Literature

A truly great story! I loved it.

There were many, many great quotes. Here is one near the end of the novel:

"Courage in the face of certain defeat - that is what tragedy is." [p. 463]





© Dale Burnett 2012