Summer update

Summer is my very favorite season. The days are long and I am the absolute best version of myself . As you can tell by the sporadic posting, I’m deep in a writer’s block funk, so here’s a quick catch-up of the Summer of Forced Fun so far… Homemade vanilla syrup The older I get the more I dig a quality vanilla. I bought vanilla beans from Amazon a month ago and made my own vanilla coffee syrup! On my first try, the sugar re-solidified (I boiled too much moisture away), but the second attempt yielded a syrup that was perfectly thick with a vanilla kick that increased as time went by. Anniversary July fifth was our wedding anniversary! Cheers, cheers to 14 years. To celebrate, WM and I had dinner at Central Taco in Haddon Township. For the big 15 next year we’re going to Fogo de Chao. Analog puzzling I’m desperate for less screen time so I unsubscribed from some Substacks and Patreons and moved my money toward a quarterly Sunday Club subscription. I receive a paper issue full of…