Yesterday I didn’t leave the house. I woke up when I felt like it…and then went back to sleep. I read an entire book (the very excellent Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin), wrote almost four thousand words, cleaned the kitchen, did two loads of laundry, watched a movie (The Thomas Crown Affair), failed to crochet a square of single chain stitches, refused to change out of my pajamas and bathrobe, and hardly spoke at all the whole day: on the phone in consultation about whether a combination of sweetened condensed milk and skim milk could be substituted for buttermilk in the banana bread recipe I was making. It could.
Recipe for Mellow Kelly
– 1 whole bathrobe-clad Kelly
– 2+ novels, to taste
– writing project, in progress
– 24oz. tea
– Internet (optional)
Simmer on low heat in quiet house for at least 24 hours. Make sure all blinds remain closed, and turn the phone off. Add 8oz. tea at six-hour intervals. Do not disturb.
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