It's About Time for a New Theme

 Time Year Begins!

So we have a new year and a new theme.  I still don't have the official name for it, but this year "is about time".

There are some time things I know I am going to be doing, turning 50 prominent among them.  There are plenty of time traveling books and movies (add your suggestions to the post below) and time (but not time traveling) books and movies I hope to enjoy.  There are thyme recipes to cook and maybe a sundial to place in my herb garden. I hope to have a personal best 5K time.  I'm going to keep my house cleaner (it's about time, really) and maybe have an "End of Time" party.

What else?

Time Travel Suggestions

 What are your favorite books and movies about traveling through time?

I have written about a few time traveling books on this blog in the past (Connie Willis's Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Time Machine and mentioned Time Traveler's Wife on multiple occasions).

The Mister and I are starting to list time travel movies we've seen and they range from Star Trek to Looper to Arrival to Interstellar to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 

Let us know what you think! 

Time for a New Year: Time Titles and Books about Time

 What are your favorite books or movies "about time" or with time in the title, but not about time travel?  Non-fiction (from timekeeping and the nature of time to seasons of life) and fiction both desired. 

Have recommendations for  Love in the Time of Cholera or A Brief History of Time or A Time to Kill or Wheel of Time?  How about Gone in 60 Seconds, 72 Hours, 28 Days Later, 9 1/2 weeks, 4 Months, 2 weeks and 3 Days, or 100 Years of Solitude?

"Time" books go here, along with media with minutes, seconds, or years in the title.

Growing Mushrooms

I started MYCOCHRONOS in the winter of 2021 growing oyster mushrooms in the lab, and then grew blue oysters, pink oysters, and lion's mane mushrooms at home.  They were all from kits and all are highly recommended.  The lion's mane was used for "crab cakes" which were great, and also makes one wonder if the crab flavoring or the crab cake seasonings is what really makes the taste. 

January 27== middlewas started 1 week priot

Second flush of pink oysters

Truffles

 I haven't been blogging about MYCOCHRONOS- the time of the fungus for all sorts of reasons.  You can trust that I have done a good job of growing mushrooms, eating mushrooms, and observing fungal things  (or not, it's actually not a matter worthy of asking for your trust).  
The Mister, ever willing to celebrate silly with me, gave me truffle oil and truffle salt for Christmas, and ordered the truffle supplement when we took Dianthus and Aster out for an omakase meal in Boston.  Then, in a surprise move, he purchased a fresh black truffle at Eataly when we found ourselves back in Boston on January 1.
Salmon sashimi with truffles was amazing, and covered with a lot of truffles.
We used our truffle on pasta one night, on mashed potatoes and beef the next, and on poached eggs and potatoes this morning.  While I really like the heady aroma of truffles, I think I will seek out chefs to do it well, or add a little splash of oil here and there, but will not be buying fresh truffles again soon.  Among other things, I think we just didn't use enough at once, but when something is so dear (in the British sense), it feels right to ration it, even if possession in the first place is the height of indulgence.

Thanks to the Mister for trying truffles with me.

Heavily truffled delicious start to an omakase meal.

Our truffle of 34 grams