First, there’s a new recipe up. Like I have been promising for months now, I’ve done something Moroccan, and put up my take on a quick vegetable dish. Zucchini squash are often stuffed with some form of grain or pasta. Moroccan cuisine is obviously famous for couscous, and it’s usually flavoured with dried fruit, and even brown sugar. Sugar is, in fact, such a large part of Moroccan life that it’s often given as a wedding gift. Moroccans are one of the largest consumers of sugar on the planet. One look at the sugary pastries on counters around Ramadan and there’s no wonder why. Anyway, enjoy.

Back at work. I will miss the indulgence of lying on my couch with a book, alternately reading, gazing out the window, or napping. I am re-reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy again, and when I ran out of daylight at 5 pm last night, I watched the almost-full moon trace a path across a window for a half hour, in cloudless twilight. Awesome.

I’ve dug out some of my old Queensryche albums. In 1991, I saw them on their Building Empires tour, when they came to Halifax. Amazing show. Anyway, Another Rainy Night (without you) is a track from that album. Blows my mind. The first stanza, and chorus:

Don’t slam the door on your way out
Don’t leave without saying goodbye
Another long distance night alone
You leave me wanting, always leave me wanting more
Last word today, coming home to stay?
Wouldn’t that be nice, for awhile?

But now my take-out food is growing cold
And the candle’s burned a hole in the floor
And I’m still waiting for the ring of the phone