Birds building nests? Daffodils and Jonquils popping their pretty little heads above the ground? Forsythia in full bloom? No, not any of those – it is opening weekend of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) at the Yaarab Shrine on Ponce! On Saturday night the Atlanta Roller Girls opened it up with a elbow throwing, jaw bashing, death defying grudge match between The Apocalypstix and the Sake Tuyas. This bout-turned-to-rout ended in an utter blowout by the Apocalypstix, 149 to 57. The Sakes just never …

This past weekend Jennifer and I enjoyed our bi-monthly supper club with Raigan, Eric, Joy and Stev, with Margaret hosting. Margaret prepared a most-excellent Chef Paul Prudhomme beef bourguignon. Her support call went out for crusty bread, some sort of green salad thingy, and desert. Raigan prepared an awesome green salad with apples, walnuts, and a raspberry(?) vinaigrette. And just because she is a suck-up keener, she also made a jammy appetizer that was enjoyed with crackers. Joy made a chocolate chocolaty chocolate cake with chocolate chocolaty …

Spring (hopefully) is just around the corner – maybe two more weeks of really cold weather? This weekend was pretty awesome – we finally got a little glimmer of warmer days to come.With temperatures approaching 60 degrees, it was impossible to stay off the bike. On Saturday morning I got a little bit of a late jump on the day, but decided to head out to the Comet to ride anyway. At the 20 mile turn around, who do you think I ran into but Rocket Man …

OK, we didn’t really have soup, we had chili. Joy cooked the main dishes, and we all brought the surrounds. Just to prove how awesome she is Joy prepared not one but TWO different kinds of chili in fact: Chicken Tomatillo and a Beef Butternut Squash. Both were delicious, although I have to say I favored the chicken, if only slightly – but that could just be because I had Butternut Squash Stew for lunch and dinner the night before. JT made our  spicy cornbread – and …